Page 2: Historical Events In December - 14

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

1777  On this day in history juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo)   

1779  On December - 14 mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer   

1780  On December - 14 karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs   

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

1783  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer on December - 14.   

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

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

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

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  George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1819  On December - 14 alabama admitted to the Union as 22nd state   

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

1823  Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53 on December - 14.   

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

1829  On December - 14 john Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office   

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

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

1832  Daniel Harris Reynolds, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on December - 14.   

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

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

1849  On December - 14 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  On December - 14 conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69   

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

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  Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS] on December - 14.   

1862  George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

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  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 14.   

1640  (baptism date) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on December - 14.   

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