What Happened In December 1819 In History

Historical Events for December, 1819

• 14th » Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
• 17th » Simón Bolívar declares the independence of Gran Colombia in Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar in Venezuela).

Famous Birthdays on December in 1819

• 22nd » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (d. 1870)
• 22nd » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)
• 23rd » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
• 26th » E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author (d. 1899)
• 30th » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (d. 1898)
• 30th » John W. Geary, American lawyer and politician, 16th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1873)

Famous Deaths for December 1819

• 5th » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 19th » Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer) called Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)

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