Historical Events In May - 19

0715  St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on May - 19.   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on May - 19.   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.   

1469  On this day in history giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1506  On this day in history columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir   

1515  On May - 19 george van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles   

1517  Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht on May - 19.   

1536  On May - 19 anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded   

1547  Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel on May - 19.   

1568  English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary on May - 19.   

1568  Mary, queen of Scots, arrested on this day in history.   

1571  Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history spain confisquates English ships   

1588  On May - 19 spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England   

1601  Costanzo Porta, Italian composer on May - 19.   

1608  Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague on this day in history.   

1611  On May - 19 innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)   

1616  On this day in history johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1635  On May - 19 france declares war on Spain   

1643  Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army on May - 19.   

1643  Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut &New Harbor form United Colonies of New England on this day in history.   

1643  Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army on May - 19.   

1647  Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies on this day in history.   

1649  On May - 19 england declared a Commonwealth   

1649  An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years on this day in history.   

1652  Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen on this day in history.   

1653  Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48 on May - 19.   

1662  On May - 19 uniformity Act of England goes into effect   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history george II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)   

1770  On this day in history antoine-Charles Glachant, composer   

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1469  Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) was born on May - 19.   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) was born on May - 19.   

1724  On this day in history birth of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779)   

1744  On May - 19 birth of charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)   

1746  Johann Friedrich Peter, composer was born on May - 19.   

1755  Gabriele Prota, composer was born on May - 19.   

0804  On this day in history alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

0988  On May - 19 dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1125  Death of Vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1296  Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies on May - 19.   

1319  Death of Louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276) on this day in history.   

1389  On May - 19 death of dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350)   

1526  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)   

1531  Death of Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) on May - 19.