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Judith of Bavaria (died 843)
Carolingian empress from 819 to 840
Hisham II of Córdoba
Caliph of Córdoba (r. 976–1009; 1010–1013)
Pope Leo IX
Head of the Catholic Church from 1049 to 1054
Robert II of Scotland
King of Scots from 1371 to 1390
Philipp Melanchthon
German Lutheran reformer and theologian
Michael Stifel
German mathematician
Judith of Bavaria (died 843) — Carolingian empress from 819 to 840, who died on April 19 843.
Hisham II of Córdoba — Caliph of Córdoba (r. 976–1009; 1010–1013), who died on April 19 1013.
Pope Leo IX — Head of the Catholic Church from 1049 to 1054, who died on April 19 1054.
Robert II of Scotland — King of Scots from 1371 to 1390, who died on April 19 1390.
Philipp Melanchthon — German Lutheran reformer and theologian, who died on April 19 1560.
Michael Stifel — German mathematician, who died on April 19 1567.
All entries
- 1012ÆÆlfheah of CanterburyArchbishop of Canterbury from 1006 to 1012
- 1044GGothelo I of LorraineDuke of Lower Lorraine from 1023 to 1044
- 1321GGerasimus I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1320 to 1321
- 1405
Thomas West, 1st Baron WestEnglish nobleman - 1431AAdolph III of WaldeckCount of Waldeck-Landau
- 1578
Uesugi KenshinJapanese daimyo - 1588
Paolo VeroneseItalian Renaissance painter - 1608
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of DorsetEnglish politician and poet - 1618TThomas Bastard
- 1619
Jagat GosainEmpress Consort of Mughal Emperor Jahangir - 1629SSigismondo d'IndiaItalian composer (c1582 – before 1629)
- 1686
Antonio de Solís y RibadeneyraSpanish dramatist and historian - 1689
Christina, Queen of SwedenQueen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654 - 1733
Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of OrkneyEnglish courtier and the reputed mistress of William III - 1739
Nicholas SaundersonEnglish mathematician and scientist - 1768
CanalettoItalian painter of landscapes - 1776
Jacob EmdenGerman rabbi and talmudist
- 1791
Richard PriceBritish philosopher, preacher and mathematician - 1813
Benjamin RushAmerican Founding Father, physician, educator - 1824
Lord ByronBritish poet - 1831
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von BohnenbergerGerman astronomer - 1833
James Gambier, 1st Baron GambierRoyal Navy officer and colonial administrator - 1840
Jean-Jacques LartigueCanadian Sulpician - 1854
Robert JamesonBritish scientist - 1881
Benjamin DisraeliPrime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880) - 1882
Charles DarwinEnglish naturalist and biologist - 1893
Martin KörberBaltic German pastor, composer - 1901
Alfred Horatio BeloAmerican newspaper founder - 1903
Oliver MowatCanadian lawyer and Father of Confederation - 1906
Pierre CurieFrench physicist and chemist - 1906
Spencer Gore (sportsman)British tennis player - 1909
Signe RinkDanish writer and ethnologist - 1914
Charles Sanders PeirceAmerican scientist - 1915
Thomas Playford IIAustralian politician - 1916
Ephraim ShayAmerican railroad engineer and entrepreneur - 1926AAlexander Alexandrovich ChuprovRussian mathematician
- 1930
Georges-Casimir DessaullesCanadian politician - 1937
Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of AllingtonBritish politician - 1937
William Morton WheelerU.S. entomologist, myrmecologist and Harvard professor - 1940
Jack McNeelaIrish militant and Republican activist - 1941
Johanna Müller-HermannAustrian composer and pedagogue - 1949
Ulrich SalchowSwedish figure skater - 1950
Ernst Robert CurtiusGerman philologist and literary scholar - 1952SSteve Conway (singer)English singer
- 1955
Jim CorbettAnglo-Indian hunter, naturalist and author - 1960
Beardsley RumlAmerican economist - 1961MMax HainleGerman swimmer
- 1966
Väinö TannerPrime minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927 - 1967
Konrad AdenauerChancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963 - 1971LLuigi PiottiItalian racing driver
- 1975
Percy Lavon JulianAmerican research chemist - 1988
Kwon Ki-okFirst female Korean aviator - 1989
Daphne du MaurierEnglish novelist - 1991SStanley HawesBritish-born documentary film producer and director
- 1992
Frankie HowerdEnglish actor and comedian - 1993
David KoreshAmerican religious cult leader - 1993
George S. MickelsonGovernor of South Dakota from 1987 to 1993 - 1998
Octavio PazMexican writer, poet and diplomat - 1999
Hermine BraunsteinerAustrian Nazi concentration camp guard - 2000
Louis ApplebaumCanadian film score composer - 2002
Reginald RoseAmerican playwright and screenwriter - 2004
Norris McWhirterEnglish writer - 2004
John Maynard SmithEnglish biologist and geneticist - 2004JJenny PikeCanadian photographer and servicewoman
- 2006
Albert Scott CrossfieldAmerican test pilot - 2007
Jean-Pierre CasselFrench actor and dancer - 2009
J. G. BallardEnglish writer - 2011
Elisabeth SladenEnglish actress - 2012
Levon HelmAmerican drummer and vocalist - 2013
François JacobFrench biologist - 2013
Al NeuharthAmerican businessman - 2015RRaymond CarrEnglish historian
- 2015
Roy MasonBritish politician - 2016
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- 2020
Ian WhitcombEnglish singer-songwriter - 2021
Walter MondaleVice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 - 2021
Jim SteinmanAmerican musical artist - 2022
Kane TanakaJapanese supercentenarian - 2023
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89 people with a Wikipedia article died on April 19, including Judith of Bavaria (died 843), Hisham II of Córdoba, Pope Leo IX. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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49 documented historical events happened on April 19, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: In Lisbon, Portugal, a crowd began a massacre of Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity. On the same day, in another year: With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issued the Pragmatic Sanction, allowing the Habsburg hereditary possessions to be inherited by a daughter. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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