Died on
Who died on December 19
91 figures who shaped history died on December 19.
- 91deaths
- 51events
Best known
Best known
Sancho I of León
King of León (956–958, 960–966)
Adelaide of Susa
Marchioness of Turin from 1034 to 1091
Al-Ghazali
Sunni Muslim polymath (c. 1058–1111)
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
Duchess consort of Burgundy from 1279 to 1306
Pope Urban V
Head of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370
Bernabò Visconti
Medieval Italian statesman
Sancho I of León — King of León (956–958, 960–966), who died on December 19 966.
Adelaide of Susa — Marchioness of Turin from 1034 to 1091, who died on December 19 1091.
Al-Ghazali — Sunni Muslim polymath (c. 1058–1111), who died on December 19 1111.
Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy — Duchess consort of Burgundy from 1279 to 1306, who died on December 19 1327.
Pope Urban V — Head of the Catholic Church from 1362 to 1370, who died on December 19 1370.
Bernabò Visconti — Medieval Italian statesman, who died on December 19 1385.
All entries
- 401
Pope Anastasius IHead of the Catholic Church from 399 to 401 - 1123SSaint Berardo
- 1442
Elizabeth of LuxembourgQueen of Germany from 1438 to 1439 - 1558
Cornelius Grapheus - 1637
Christina of LorraineGrand Duchess of Tuscany from 1589 to 1609 - 1741
Vitus BeringDanish-born Russian explorer - 1745
Jean-Baptiste van LooFrench painter - 1749
Francesco Antonio BonportiItalian composer - 1807
Friedrich Melchior, Baron von GrimmGerman journalist, art critic, and diplomat - 1813
James McGillScottish-born businessman, politician and philanthropist - 1819
Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer)Royal Navy officer - 1848
Emily BrontëEnglish writer and novelist - 1851
J. M. W. TurnerEnglish painter - 1878
Bayard TaylorAmerican poet, novelist and travel writer - 1899
Henry Ware LawtonUnited States Army general - 1915
Alois AlzheimerGerman psychiatrist and neuropathologist - 1916
Thibaw MinKing of Burma from 1878 to 1885 - 1927
Ashfaqulla KhanIndian revolutionary
- 1927
Ram Prasad BismilIndian revolutionary, poet & writer - 1932
Yun Bong-gilKorean independence activist - 1933GGeorge Jackson ChurchwardEnglish railway engineer
- 1938
Stephen Warfield GambrillAmerican politician - 1940
Kyösti KallioFinnish politician - 1944
Abbas II of EgyptKhedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1892 to 1914 - 1944
Rudolph KarstadtGerman entrepreneur - 1946
Paul LangevinFrench physicist - 1953
Robert MillikanAmerican physicist - 1968
Norman ThomasAmerican Presbyterian minister and socialist politician - 1972
Ahmet Emin YalmanTurkish journalist, author and professor - 1976GGiuseppe CaselliItalian painter
- 1982DDwight MacdonaldAmerican writer
- 1984
Joy RidderhofAmerican Missionary to the Unreached - 1986
V. C. AndrewsAmerican novelist - 1986
Werner DankwortGerman diplomat - 1987AAugust MälkEstonian writer and politician
- 1988
Robert Bernstein (comics)American writer - 1988
Win Maw OoMartyred student - 1989
Stella GibbonsBritish writer - 1989
Kirill MazurovSoviet Belarusian resistance leader and politician - 1993
Michael Clarke (musician)American rock drummer - 1996
Marcello MastroianniItalian actor - 1997
Sara Northrup HollisterAmerican occultist - 1997
Masaru IbukaJapanese businessman - 1997
Jimmy RogersAmerican Chicago blues musician - 1998MMel FisherAmerican treasure hunter
- 1999
Desmond LlewelynWelsh actor - 2000
Rob BuckAmerican musician - 2000
Milt HintonAmerican double bassist and photographer - 2000
John LindsayAmerican politician - 2002
Will HoyBritish racing driver - 2002AArthur RowleyEnglish football player and cricketer
- 2002GGeorge WellerAmerican novelist, playwright, and journalist
- 2003
Peter Carter-RuckEnglish solicitor - 2003
Hope LangeAmerican actress - 2004
Herbert C. BrownAmerican chemist - 2004
Renata TebaldiItalian opera singer - 2005
Vincent GiganteAmerican boxer and mobster - 2008
James Bevel1960s civil rights movement strategist - 2008CCarol ChomskyAmerican linguist and education specialist
- 2008MMichael ConnellAmerican political consultant
- 2008
Dock EllisAmerican baseball player - 2009
Kim PeekAmerican savant - 2010
Anthony Howard (journalist)British journalist, broadcaster and writer - 2012
Robert BorkAmerican legal scholar - 2012
Amnon Lipkin-ShahakIsraeli chief of staff, politician - 2012
Larry MorrisAmerican football player - 2012
Peter Struck (politician)German politician - 2013WWinton DeanEnglish musicologist
- 2013
Al GoldsteinAmerican pornographer - 2013
Ned VizziniAmerican writer - 2014
S. S. BalanIndian journalist, filmmaker, and analyst - 2014
Philip BradbournBritish politician - 2014AArthur Gardner (producer)American actor and film producer
- 2014
Igor RodionovSoviet and Russian general and politician - 2014DDick Thornton (Canadian football)American gridiron football player
- 2014
Roberta LeighBritish novelist and television writer - 2015
Jimmy HillEnglish association football personality - 2015
Greville JannerBritish politician and barrister - 2015
Karin SöderSwedish politician - 2016
Andrei KarlovRussian diplomat - 2020
Rosalind KnightEnglish actress - 2021
Sally Ann HowesBritish actress and singer
- 2021
Johnny IsaksonAmerican politician - 2024
Michael LeunigAustralian cartoonist
- 2024WWincey WillisBritish broadcaster
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Who died on December 19?
91 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 19, including Sancho I of León, Adelaide of Susa, Al-Ghazali. 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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51 documented historical events happened on December 19, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Henry II (depicted) was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London. On the same day, in another year: Thomas Paine published the first in a series of pamphlets entitled The American Crisis, opening with the line: "These are the times that try men's souls." 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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