December 19th, 1499

Born on December 19th, 1499

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 192,000 days old!

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What happened on December 19th?

December 19th, 2022

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup.

December 19th, 2016

Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.

December 19th, 2013

The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.

December 19th, 1997

Titanic, the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide total of more than US$2.2 billion, was released in the United States.

December 19th, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by its co-pilot; it landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.

December 19th, 1984

China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.

December 19th, 1983

The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.

December 19th, 1964

The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.

December 19th, 1956

British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.

December 19th, 1843

A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

December 19th, 1828

Nullification crisis: American vice president John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest, written to protest the Tariff of Abominations, was presented to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

December 19th, 1776

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."

December 19th, 1675

King Philip's War: In the Great Swamp Fight, the colonial militia of New England and their Pequot allies attacked a Narragansett fort in Rhode Island, killing many warriors and hundreds of non-combatants.

December 19th, 1154

Henry II (depicted) was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

December 19th, 2025

A mass stabbing in Taipei kills 4 including the perpetrator, and injuries 11 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 19th

Same year
Born in 1499

66

Pius IV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565

*March 31st, 1499, Milan †December 9th, 1565, Rome

53

Katharina von Bora

Wife of Martin Luther

*January 29th, 1499, Lippendorf †December 20th, 1552, Torgau

24

Claude of France

Duchess of Brittany; queen consort of France (1499–1524)

*October 13th, 1499, Romorantin-Lanthenay †July 20th, 1524, Blois

44

Mary Boleyn

Sister of the queen of England Anne Boleyn

*January 1st, 1499, Blickling Hall †July 19th, 1543, Essex

44

Maria Salviati

Florentine noblewoman

*July 17th, 1499, Florence †December 12th, 1543, Villa Castello

53

Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg

Count of Schwarzburg

*October 31st, 1499, Sondershausen †November 10th, 1552, Gehren

63

Peter Martyr Vermigli

Italian Reformed theologian

*September 8th, 1499, Florence †November 12th, 1562, Zürich

65

Valentin Kötzler

German jurist

*February 1st, 1499, Nuremberg †December 12th, 1564, Nuremberg

1

Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset

*February 21st, 1499, Palace of Placentia †June 19th, 1500, London

43

Sebastian Franck

German Renaissance humanist

*January 20th, 1499, Donauwörth †January 1st, 1543, Basel

92

Michiel Coxie

Flemish painter (1499-1592)

*March 14th, 1499, Mechelen †March 3rd, 1592, Mechelen

61

Sebald Heyden

German musicologist and theologian

*December 8th, 1499, Bruck †July 9th, 1561, Nuremberg

74

Johann Naeve

German physician

*August 29th, 1499, Chemnitz †July 7th, 1574

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1499 is a normal year and no leap year.

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