Deaths on December 19

Christina of Lorraine

Died on December 19, 1637

Christina of Lorraine, Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (b. 1565)

Christina of Lorraine or Christine de Lorraine (16 August 1565 – 19 December 1637) was a member of the House of Lorraine and was the Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage. She served as Regent of Tuscany jointly with her daughter-in-law during the minority of her grandson from 1621 to 1628.

References

Christina of Lorraine

Choose Another Date

Events on 1637

18 Feb

Battle off Lizard Point
Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
26 May

Mystic massacre
Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.