Historical Events In December - 14

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

1777  On December - 14 juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos the mayo)  

1779  On this day in history mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer  

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  On this day in history johann Christoph Kienlen, composer  

1788  On this day in history carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74  

1789  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer on December - 14.  

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.  

1798  On December - 14 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  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  Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies on this day in history.  

1819  On this day in history alabama admitted to the Union as 22nd state  

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

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

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

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

1829  On December - 14 luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74  

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

1832  On this day in history 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  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 December - 14.  

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

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

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

1861  On this day in history albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42  

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

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

1863  Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee on December - 14.  

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1009  On December - 14 birth of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)  

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on December - 14.  

1503  On this day in history birth of nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet  

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on December - 14.  

1553  On this day in history birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France  

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 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 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  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.