Historical Events In December - 14

1774  On December - 14 mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary  

1777  Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo) on December - 14.  

1779  Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer on December - 14.  

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

1782  Charleston, SC evacuated by British on December - 14.  

1783  On December - 14 johann Christoph Kienlen, composer  

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

1789  On December - 14 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer  

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

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  On this day in history david Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine  

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

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

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

1829  Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1830  Allen Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on December - 14.  

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 December - 14.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1861  On this day in history 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 December - 14 alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]  

1862  On December - 14 george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27  

1863  Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee on this day in history.  

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on December - 14.  

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  On this day in history birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)  

1553  Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France was born on December - 14.  

1625  On this day in history 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  On this day in history agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies  

1136  On December - 14 death of harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered  

1417  On December - 14 death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned  

1460  On this day in history death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)  

1476  On December - 14 death of vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431)  

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

1542  On this day in history james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30