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

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

1782  On December - 14 charleston, SC evacuated by British  

1783  On December - 14 johann Christoph Kienlen, composer  

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  1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on this day in history.  

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

1798  On December - 14 david Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine  

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

1823  On this day in history vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53  

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

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 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 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 December - 14.  

1862  Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS] on December - 14.  

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 December - 14.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1640  (baptism date) was born on December - 14.  

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

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on this day in history.  

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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