What is December 19?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[324]] &ndash; [[Licinius]] [[abdication|abdicates]] his position as [[List of Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]]. *[[1154]] &ndash; [[Henry II of England]] is crowned at [[Westminster Abbey]]. *[[1187]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement III]] is elected. *[[1490]] &ndash; [[Anne, Duchess of Brittany]] marries [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] [[proxy marriage|by proxy]]. *[[1666]] &ndash; [[Lund University]] in southern [[Sweden]] is founded. *[[1732]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]] publishes ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' *[[1777]] &ndash; [[George Washington]]'s army goes into winter quarters at [[Valley Forge]], [[Pennsylvania]]. *[[1783]] &ndash; At age 24, [[William Pitt the Younger]] becomes the youngest–ever [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. *[[1828]] &ndash; [[John C. Calhoun]] pens ''[[South Carolina Exposition and Protest]]'', protesting the [[Tariff of 1828]]. *[[1835]] &ndash; The ''[[Toledo Blade]]'' newspaper begins publishing. *[[1842]] &ndash; The [[United States]] recognizes the independence of [[Hawaii]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === *[[1907]] &ndash; 239 [[coal]] [[miner]]s die in a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, [[Pennsylvania]]. *[[1909]] &ndash; The German football club [[Borussia Dortmund]] is founded. *[[1912]] &ndash; William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamship [[General Slocum]] which killed over 1,000 people was pardoned by [[President Taft]] after {{frac|3|1|2}} years in [[Sing Sing]] prison . *[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Verdun]] ended during [[World War I]]. *[[1920]] &ndash; King [[Constantine I of Greece]] is restored as [[King]] of the [[Greece|Hellenes]] after the death of his son, [[Alexander of Greece]], and a vote. *[[1927]] &ndash; [[India]]n activists [[Ashfaqulla Khan]], [[Ram Prasad Bismil]] and [[Roshan Singh]] are executed by British colonial authorities. *[[1928]] &ndash; First [[autogiro]] flight in the [[United States]]. *[[1932]] &ndash; The [[BBC World Service]] begins broadcasting, as the BBC Empire Serv