Historical Events In December - 14

1774  Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on this day in history.  

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 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 December - 14.  

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

1798  On this day in history david Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1812  Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies on this day in history.  

1819  Alabama admitted to the Union as 22nd state on December - 14.  

1819  Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state on December - 14.  

1823  Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

1829  On this day in history john Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office  

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

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

1832  Daniel Harris Reynolds, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.  

1836  The Toledo War unofficially ends on this day in history.  

1837  On this day in history william Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

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

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

1849  On December - 14 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 this day in history.  

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

1862  Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS] on this day in history.  

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 December - 14 birth of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)  

1363  On December - 14 birth of john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist  

1503  On December - 14 birth of nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet  

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 this day in history.  

1625  Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  

1631  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.  

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

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