Page 2: 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 December - 14.   

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  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer on December - 14.   

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

1789  On this day in history maria Agata Szymanowska, composer   

1793  On December - 14 first state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati   

1793  1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on this day in history.   

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

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

1812  On December - 14 charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies   

1819  Alabama admitted to the Union as 22nd state on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74 on December - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1849  Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69 on December - 14.   

1853  On this day in history salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1862  On December - 14 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 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 this day in history birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

1553  On December - 14 birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

1625  On this day in history birth of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)   

1631  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on December - 14.   

1640  On December - 14 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 December - 14 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  On December - 14 death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)   

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

1510  On this day in history death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)   

1542  James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on this day in history.