Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  On December - 19 william Parry, England, Arctic explorer   

1792  On December - 19 [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal   

1795  On this day in history first state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

1795  1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky on December - 19.   

1796  On December - 19 manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright   

1797  On December - 19 josef Theodor Krov, composer   

1798  Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1800  Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66 on December - 19.   

1804  Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies on December - 19.   

1809  On December - 19 pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)   

1810  Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1813  Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone) on this day in history.   

1814  Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65) on this day in history.   

1814  Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65   

1817  On this day in history james Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864   

1819  On this day in history james Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1821  Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader on December - 19.   

1823  On December - 19 georgia passes state birth registration law the first in the union   

1823  On this day in history georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law   

1823  On December - 19 nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67   

1824  Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97) on this day in history.   

1825  On December - 19 george Frederick Bristow, composer   

1828  South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history south Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws   

1832  John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone on December - 19.   

1835  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ on December - 19.   

1836  On this day in history maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA)   

1837  On December - 19 john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1842  US recognizes independence of Hawaii on this day in history.   

1843  Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England on this day in history.   

1848  Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 on December - 19.   

1849  Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation on December - 19.   

1851  J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76 on December - 19.   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on December - 19.   

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on December - 19.   

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on this day in history.   

1075  Death of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England on this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history death of agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy   

1370  Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies on December - 19.   

1614  Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.   

1737  On this day in history death of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)   

1741  Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies on this day in history.   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.