4_19 Events in History.

498 Historic Events for April 19

1700 Georg Abraham Schneider, composer Birth
1706 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies Death
1713 Emperor Karel VI ends Pragmatic Sanctions Event
1715 James Nares, composer Birth
1721 Roger Sherman, signer (Decl of Ind, Constitution) Birth
1721 Thomas McKean, attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or 3/19] Birth
1728 Francisco Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright Birth
1737 Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist Birth
1739 Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies Death
1768 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist Birth

1768 Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70 Death
1770 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74 Death
1770 Capt James Cook 1st sees Australia Event
1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname Event
1771 Giuseppe Cartufo, composer Birth
1772 David Ricardo, economist Birth
1772 Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66 Death
1773 Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43 Death
1774 CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris Event
1775 Minutemen Capt John Parker orders not to fire unless fired upon Event
1775 Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" Event
1776 Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78 Death
1782 Netherlands recognizes US Event
1785 Alexandre Pierre Fran‡ois Boely, composer Birth
1791 Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies Death