December 19th, 1649

Born on December 19th, 1649

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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 1649

71

Clement XI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721

*July 23rd, 1649, Pesaro †March 19th, 1721, Rome

81

Benedict XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730

*February 2nd, 1649, Gravina in Puglia †February 21st, 1730, Rome

36

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

English nobleman and soldier (1649–1685)

*April 9th, 1649, Rotterdam †July 15th, 1685, Tower Hill

70

Bernhard von Zech

German author

*August 31st, 1649, Weimar †March 21st, 1720, Dresden

82

Franz Ferdinand von Kuenburg

Austrian archbishop

*February 5th, 1649, Mossa †August 7th, 1731, Prague

72

Elihu Yale

Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist

*April 5th, 1649, Boston †July 8th, 1721, London

48

Simon Henry, Count of Lippe

Count of Lippe-Detmold

*March 13th, 1649, Sternberg †May 2nd, 1697, Detmold

63

Giuseppe Maria Tomasi

Italian Roman Catholic cardinal

*September 12th, 1649, Sicily †January 1st, 1713, Rome

77

Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff

German politician (1649-1726)

*March 2nd, 1649, Ratzeburg †July 6th, 1726, Gartow

56

Adrien Baillet

French scholar

*June 13th, 1649, La Neuville-en-Hez †January 21st, 1706, Paris

55

Titus Oates

English perjurer (1649-1705)

*September 15th, 1649, Oakham †July 12th, 1705, London

68

Bon Boullogne

French painter and engraver (1649-1717)

*February 22nd, 1649, Paris †May 17th, 1717, Paris

59

John Blow

English composer

*January 1st, 1649, Nottinghamshire †October 1st, 1708, City of Westminster

33

Engel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral

*May 2nd, 1649, Vlissingen †February 27th, 1683, Amsterdam

81

James Grahme

English politician

*January 1st, 1649, Norton Conyers †January 1st, 1730, Charlton

85

Louise de Keroual, Duchess of Portsmouth

English and French noble (1649-1734)

*September 6th, 1649, Manoir de Keroual †November 14th, 1734, Paris

41

William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Prince of Nassau-Siegen

*January 28th, 1649, Huis Wisch †January 23rd, 1691, Unteres Schloss

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1649 is a normal year and no leap year.

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