This day in History - October 19

373 Historic Events for October 19
615 Event St Deusdedit I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1031 Event Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord
1268 Death Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
1298 Event Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered
1453 Event 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war
1466 Event 2nd Peace of Thorn
1492 Event Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)
1507 Birth Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest
1545 Birth Giovanale Ancina, composer
1547 Death Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46
1553 Death Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies
1576 Event Dutch provinces begin consultation about Spanish existence
1581 Birth Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible"
1605 Birth Thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)
1608 Death Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies
1609 Death Jacobus Arminius, [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49
1630 Event In Boston the 1st general court is held
1634 Event Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood
1652 Birth Louis Le Quointe, composer
1655 Event Swedish King Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow
1682 Event English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland
1684 Birth Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer
1690 Birth Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer
1722 Event French C Hopffer patents fire extinguisher
1739 Event England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30]