This day in History - September 19

342 Historic Events for September 19
86 Birth Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor (138-161)
866 Birth Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica)
1180 Death Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59
1356 Death Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
1356 Death Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
1356 Death Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1356 Event English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers
1523 Event Emperor Charles I and England sign anti-French covenant
1551 Birth Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)
1559 Event 5 Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
1580 Event Treaty of Plessis-lez-Tours (Anjou/Dutch States-General)
1602 Event Grave surrenders to earl Mauritius
1642 Event Perpignan surrenders to French troops
1655 Birth Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1656 Event Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg
1657 Event Brandenburg and Poland sign Treaty of Wehlau
1668 Event Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France
1676 Event Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire
1678 Death Christoph B von Galen, prince-bishop of Mnster (1650-78), dies at 71
1705 Birth Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master
1719 Death Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1719 Death Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
1730 Birth Augustin Pajou, French (court)sculptor (Psyche abandonn‚e)
1737 Birth Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind
1755 Event England and Russia sign military agreement