Historical Events In December - 19
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
0324 Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor on this day in history.
0401 On December - 19 st Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.
1036 Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher on December - 19.
1055 On this day in history seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad
1075 On December - 19 edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England
1154 On this day in history henry II becomes King of England
1154 On this day in history king Henry II of England crowned
1327 On December - 19 agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
1370 On December - 19 urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies
1498 On this day in history andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist
1551 On December - 19 dutch west coast hit by hurricane
1562 Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency & huguenots under Condé captured on this day in history.
1614 On December - 19 melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67
1676 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist on December - 19.
1683 On December - 19 philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) on December - 19.
1688 On December - 19 king James II's wife & son flee to France
1696 Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1723 Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother on December - 19.
1732 Benjamin Franklin begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" on this day in history.
1732 On December - 19 benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
1741 Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on December - 19.
1744 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland on this day in history.
1749 On this day in history francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76
1753 On December - 19 john Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)
1776 Thomas Paine publishes his first "American Crisis" essay on this day in history.
1776 Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" on this day in history.
1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for the winter on December - 19.
1777 On this day in history washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pa for winter
1779 On December - 19 auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver
1783 English govt of Pitt Jr forms on this day in history.
1783 On December - 19 charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)
1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam on this day in history.
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