Historical Events In December - 14

1774  Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on December - 14.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1783  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer on this day in history.  

1788  Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1789  Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer on December - 14.  

1793  On this day in history first state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati  

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

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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 December - 14.  

1799  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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  Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins on this day in history.  

1829  John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold US political office on this day in history.  

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

1836  The Toledo War unofficially ends on December - 14.  

1837  On December - 14 william Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

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

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 December - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

1862  On December - 14 alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]  

1862  On this day in history george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27  

1863  Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee on this day in history.  

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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 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 December - 14.  

1625  Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) was born on December - 14.  

1631  On this day in history birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)  

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

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

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on December - 14.  

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

1417  On this day in history death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned  

1460  On December - 14 death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)  

1476  On this day in history death of vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431)  

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

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