Historical Events In December - 19

1852  A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907) on December - 19.   

1854  On this day in history allen Wilson of Conn patents sewing machine to sew curving seams   

1859  On this day in history grading started for Market Street RR   

1861  Battle of Black Water on December - 19.   

1861  On December - 19 constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator   

1862  On this day in history skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties)   

1864  On December - 19 adolf Sandberger, composer   

1865  On December - 19 hermann Hirt, Magdeburg Prussia, linguist (Indo-European Grammar)   

1867  Victims of "Angola Horror" burned to death (Angola NY) on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57   

1869  Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer) on December - 19.   

1871  On this day in history albert Jones, New York NY, patents corrugated paper   

1871  Albert L Jones (NYC), patents corrugated paper on this day in history.   

1875  On December - 19 carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)   

1876  On December - 19 carlo Gatti, composer   

1878  Anton Lajovic, composer on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history beals C Wright, tennis champ (US Open-1905)   

1880  Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer on December - 19.   

1881  The opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) on December - 19.   

1881  Opera "Hérodiade" is produced (Brussels) on this day in history.   

1882  Walter Braunfels, composer on December - 19.   

1883  Louis Davids, [Simon David], Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer on December - 19.   

1884  On this day in history italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State   

1884  Antonin Zapotocky, Czechoslovak president (Ceskoslovensky Spisouatel) on December - 19.   

1885  On December - 19 f S Flint, London England, translator/poet (imagist movement)   

1887  On this day in history jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw   

1887  On December - 19 jake Kilrain & Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw   

1888  On this day in history stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa   

1888  On this day in history fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch)   

1889  Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii on December - 19.   

1890  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" (BG)   

1890  On December - 19 klaas Painter, vicar/antifascist (Occupies possession) [or 1880]   

1891  First Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore on this day in history.   

1891  1st Negro Catholic priest ordained in US, Charles Uncles, Baltimore on this day in history.   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.   

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

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist was born on December - 19.   

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 December - 19.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1327  Death of Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy on this day in history.   

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

1614  On this day in history melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67   

1737  Death of James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667) on December - 19.   

1741  On December - 19 vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies   

1749  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on December - 19.