Page 2: Historical Events In December - 14

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

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

1779  On this day in history 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  On December - 14 johann Christoph Kienlen, composer   

1788  Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on December - 14.   

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.   

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 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 December - 14.   

1812  Charles J Canning, English earl/1st viceroy of British-Indies on December - 14.   

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

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

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

1829  On this day in history luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74   

1830  Allen Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on December - 14.   

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

1836  On December - 14 the Toledo War unofficially ends.   

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

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

1849  On December - 14 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)   

1849  On this day in history conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69   

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

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 December - 14.   

1862  On December - 14 george Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27   

1863  On this day in history 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  On December - 14 birth of john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1136  On December - 14 death of harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered   

1417  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1510  On December - 14 death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)   

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