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

1780  Karl Robert von Nesselrode, Germ/Russian minister of Foreign Affairs on December - 14.   

1782  On December - 14 charleston, SC evacuated by British   

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

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

1789  On December - 14 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer   

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

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

1798  On December - 14 david Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine   

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  On December - 14 george Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66   

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

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

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 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  Luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74 on December - 14.   

1830  Allen Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on this day in history.   

1832  On December - 14 daniel Harris Reynolds, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

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

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  Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas) on this day in history.   

1861  Prince Albert, husband of England's Queen Victoria, dies in London on this day in history.   

1861  On December - 14 albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42   

1862  On this day in history alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer [OS]   

1862  On this day in history 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  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on December - 14.   

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on this day in history.   

1503  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet was born on December - 14.   

1546  On December - 14 birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

1553  Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France was born on this day in history.   

1625  Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1631  On December - 14 birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)   

1640  On December - 14 birth of (baptism date)   

0872  On December - 14 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  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  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on December - 14.   

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

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