Historical Events In December - 14

1774  On this day in history mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary   

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

1779  Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs   

1782  Charleston, SC evacuated by British on December - 14.   

1783  On this day in history johann Christoph Kienlen, composer   

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

1789  On December - 14 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer   

1793  First state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on December - 14.   

1793  1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati on December - 14.   

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

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

1829  Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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  The Toledo War unofficially ends on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history 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 this day in history 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)   

1849  Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1861  On December - 14 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 December - 14.   

1863  On December - 14 battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee   

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 14.   

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  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on December - 14.   

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