Historical Events In May - 19

0715  On this day in history st Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0804  Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 on this day in history.   

0988  On this day in history dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1296  On May - 19 celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies   

1469  On May - 19 giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor   

1506  Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir on this day in history.   

1515  George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles on May - 19.   

1517  Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1536  Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on May - 19.   

1547  On May - 19 monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel   

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

1568  On May - 19 mary, queen of Scots, arrested.   

1571  On this day in history miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines   

1585  On this day in history spain confisquates English ships   

1588  Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England on May - 19.   

1601  On this day in history costanzo Porta, Italian composer   

1608  On this day in history matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague   

1611  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89) on this day in history.   

1616  On May - 19 johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer   

1635  France declares war on Spain on May - 19.   

1643  On this day in history battle at Rocroi/Allersheim French army destroys Spanish army   

1643  On May - 19 massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut &New Harbor form United Colonies of New England   

1643  On May - 19 battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army   

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

1649  England declared a Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1649  On May - 19 an Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.   

1652  Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen on May - 19.   

1653  On this day in history carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48   

1662  On this day in history 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  On May - 19 gabriele Prota, composer   

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

1770  On May - 19 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 this day in history.   

1616  Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer was born on May - 19.   

1700  On this day in history birth of josé de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770)   

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 this day in history.   

0804  On May - 19 alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69   

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

1125  On May - 19 death of vladimir Monomakh, Russian prince (b. 1053)   

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

1319  On this day in history death of louis d'Évreux, son of Philip III of France (b. 1276)   

1389  Death of Dmitri Donskoi, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) on May - 19.   

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.