Page 2: Historical Events In July - 19

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

1730  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49 on July - 19.   

1735  On July - 19 garret Wesley Mornington, composer   

1740  On July - 19 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71   

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

1742  On this day in history john-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor, dies at 45   

1750  Alessio Prati, composer on July - 19.   

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

1782  On July - 19 jonathan Blewitt, composer   

1789  On July - 19 john Martin, English painter   

1797  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1810  On July - 19 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   

1810  On this day in history luise, queen of Prussia/wife of Frederik Willem III, dies at 34   

1811  On July - 19 vincenz Lachner, composer   

1811  On this day in history christian Gotthilf Tag, composer, dies at 76   

1814  On this day in history samuel Colt, US inventor (Colt 6 shot revolver)   

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

1816  On this day in history survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days   

1817  On this day in history mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke, US, army nurse (union)   

1819  Gottfried Keller, writer on July - 19.   

1823  On July - 19 george Henry Gordon, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  Roger Atkinson Pryor, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on July - 19.   

1833  John Wesley Turner, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1899 on July - 19.   

1834  The birth of Edgar Degas, French impressionist and sculptor on July - 19.   

1834  On July - 19 edgar Degas, France, impressionist painter (Bouquet)   

1836  HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension on July - 19.   

1838  On July - 19 joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen)   

1838  Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 on July - 19.   

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  Heinrich Domnich, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1846  Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer, dies at 75   

1848  The first women's rights convention (Seneca Falls, NY) on this day in history.   

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1592  Erhard Buttner, composer was born on July - 19.   

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

1688  Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1759  On July - 19 birth of seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833)   

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

1054  Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1234  On this day in history death of floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament   

1346  Dirk IV, mister of Valkenburg (1332-46), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1374  On July - 19 francesco Petrarca, [Petracco], Italian mountaineer/poet, dies at 69   

1415  Death of Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) on July - 19.   

1534  On this day in history willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70   

1543  Death of Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England on July - 19.