Page 2: Historical Events In December - 19

1790  On this day in history william Parry, England, Arctic explorer   

1792  On this day in history [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  Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright on this day in history.   

1797  On December - 19 josef Theodor Krov, composer   

1798  On December - 19 charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62   

1800  On December - 19 georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66   

1804  On December - 19 mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies   

1809  Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms) on this day in history.   

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

1813  Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone) on December - 19.   

1814  On December - 19 edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65)   

1814  On this day in history joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump   

1815  Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65 on December - 19.   

1817  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

1823  Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law on December - 19.   

1823  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67 on December - 19.   

1824  On December - 19 hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)   

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  On this day in history hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ   

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

1837  John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on December - 19.   

1842  US recognizes independence of Hawaii on December - 19.   

1843  On this day in history charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England   

1848  On this day in history adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77   

1849  On this day in history henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation   

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

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

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 this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

1714  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.   

0401  Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies on December - 19.   

1075  On this day in history death of edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England   

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

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

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

1737  On December - 19 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 December - 19.