Page 2: Historical Events In July - 19

1702  Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow on July - 19.   

1730  On July - 19 jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49   

1735  On this day in history garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1740  Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1742  Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer on this day in history.   

1742  On July - 19 john-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45   

1750  Alessio Prati, composer on this day in history.   

1760  The formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its founders on this day in history.   

1782  Jonathan Blewitt, composer on this day in history.   

1789  John Martin, English painter on this day in history.   

1797  Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer on July - 19.   

1799  A group of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time on July - 19.   

1810  Prussia's Queen Louise dies at age 34 Napoleon has tried to destroy her reputation, but his charges have only endeared her to her people on this day in history.   

1810  On July - 19 luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34   

1811  Vincenz Lachner, composer on this day in history.   

1811  On July - 19 christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76   

1814  Samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver) on this day in history.   

1814  Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1816  Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days on this day in history.   

1817  Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union) on July - 19.   

1819  On this day in history gottfried Keller, writer   

1823  On this day in history george Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

1833  John Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1834  The birth of Edgar Degas, French impressionist and sculptor on this day in history.   

1834  Edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet) on July - 19.   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension on this day in history.   

1838  Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen) on July - 19.   

1838  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1843  Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77   

1846  On July - 19 charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist   

1847  On July - 19 johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75   

1848  On July - 19 the first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY)   

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1592  On July - 19 birth of erhard Buttner, composer   

1670  Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) was born on this day in history.   

1688  On July - 19 birth of giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766)   

1735  On this day in history birth of garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1742  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer   

1744  Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806) was born on July - 19.   

1750  Alessio Prati, composer was born on July - 19.   

1759  On this day in history birth of seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)   

0514  Symmachus, Italian Pope (498-514), dies on this day in history.   

1054  On July - 19 bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies   

1234  Death of Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament on this day in history.   

1346  Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle on July - 19.   

1374  Francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69 on July - 19.   

1415  On this day in history death of philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)   

1534  Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70 on July - 19.   

1543  Death of Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England on this day in history.