Historical Events In December - 14

1774  Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on December - 14.  

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

1779  Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer on this day in history.  

1780  On this day in history karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs  

1782  On December - 14 charleston, SC evacuated by British  

1783  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer on this day in history.  

1788  Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1789  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer on this day in history.  

1793  First state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati  

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 December - 14.  

1799  On this day in history 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 December - 14 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  On December - 14 alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state  

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

1825  Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins on December - 14.  

1829  John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office on this day in history.  

1829  Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74 on December - 14.  

1830  On this day in history allen Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907  

1832  On December - 14 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 this day in history.  

1849  On this day in history first chamber music group in US gives their first concert (Boston)  

1849  On this day in history 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)  

1849  Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69 on December - 14.  

1853  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas) on this day in history.  

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

1861  Albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

1862  George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 on December - 14.  

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

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1009  On December - 14 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  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet was born on December - 14.  

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)  

1640  On this day in history birth of (baptism date)  

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on this day in history.  

1077  On December - 14 agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies  

1136  On this day in history death of harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered  

1417  On this day in history death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned  

1460  On December - 14 death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)  

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on this day in history.  

1510  On this day in history death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)  

1542  On December - 14 james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30