Historical Events In December - 14

1774  On this day in history mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary   

1777  Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo) on this day in history.   

1779  On December - 14 mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer   

1780  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs on this day in history.   

1782  Charleston, SC evacuated by British on this day in history.   

1783  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer on December - 14.   

1788  On December - 14 carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74   

1789  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer on December - 14.   

1793  First state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on December - 14.   

1793  1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on December - 14.   

1798  David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine on December - 14.   

1798  David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine on this day in history.   

1799  On December - 14 george Washington, the American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, dies of acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia   

1799  On December - 14 george Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66   

1812  On this day in history charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies   

1819  On this day in history alabama admitted to the Union as 22nd state   

1819  Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state on this day in history.   

1823  On December - 14 vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53   

1825  On December - 14 decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins   

1829  John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office on December - 14.   

1829  On this day in history luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74   

1830  On December - 14 allen Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907   

1832  On this day in history daniel Harris Reynolds, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1836  On this day in history the Toledo War unofficially ends.   

1837  William Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on December - 14.   

1849  First chamber music group in US gives their first concert (Boston) on December - 14.   

1849  1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston) on December - 14.   

1849  On this day in history conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69   

1853  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas) on December - 14.   

1861  Prince Albert, husband of England's Queen Victoria, dies in London on December - 14.   

1861  On December - 14 albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42   

1862  On this day in history alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]   

1862  On this day in history george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27   

1863  On December - 14 battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee   

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1009  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)   

1363  On this day in history birth of john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist   

1503  On this day in history birth of nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet   

1546  On December - 14 birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

1553  On December - 14 birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

1625  On December - 14 birth of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)   

1631  On December - 14 birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)   

1640  On December - 14 birth of (baptism date)   

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on December - 14.   

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on December - 14.   

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on December - 14.   

1417  Death of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on December - 14.   

1460  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on December - 14.   

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on this day in history.   

1542  James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on December - 14.