What happened 1719 AD

Bach also composed secular cantatas for the court, such as Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a.

Despite being born in the same year and only about 130 kilometres (80 mi) apart, Bach and Handel never met. In 1719, Bach made the 35-kilometre (22 mi) journey from Köthen to Halle with the intention of meeting Handel; however, Handel had left the town. In 1730, Bach's oldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann, travelled to Halle to invite Handel to visit the Bach family in Leipzig, but the visit did not take place.

The Carolean Death March or the Catastrophe of Øyfjellet is the disastrous retreat by a Swedish-Carolean army under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt across the Tydal mountain range in Trøndelag around the new year 1718–1719. About 3,000 men remained on the mountain, frozen to death. During the continued voyage down to Duved, where lodging had been arranged for the soldiers, another 700 men died. About 600 of the surviving 2,100 soldiers were crippled for life.

The English Bishop of Bristol was named George Smalridge.

The German mathematician, Abraham Gotthelf Kstner, was born in the Electorate of Saxony.

John Landen was an English mathematician who was born in England in 1719.

The Catholic priest and astronomer, Christian Mayer, was born in Modice, Moravia.

The second wife of Louis XIV of France, Franoise d'Aubigné, passed away at the age of 83.

A French soldier and diplomat, Charles-Franois de Broglie was born in Paris.