Historical Events In December - 14

0644  Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam on December - 14.  

0867  Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 14.  

0872  On December - 14 john VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0872  On December - 14 john VIII elected as Catholic Pope  

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  

1124  Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses) on this day in history.  

1136  On this day in history harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered  

1287  Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives on this day in history.  

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

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1417  On December - 14 john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned  

1490  On December - 14 anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria  

1503  Nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born on December - 14.  

1503  The birth of Nostradamus, French astrologer who published his prophecies in 1555 on this day in history.  

1503  On this day in history nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet  

1542  Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland on this day in history.  

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

1546  On this day in history tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)  

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

1575  Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland on this day in history.  

1582  Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 on this day in history.  

1591  On this day in history juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies  

1600  Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die on December - 14.  

1640  (baptism date) on this day in history.  

1656  Artificial pearls first manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales on December - 14.  

1656  Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history the Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of ÅŒishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.  

1708  Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris on December - 14.  

1730  Capel Bond, composer on this day in history.  

1732  On this day in history johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80  

1734  Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 on December - 14.  

1738  On December - 14 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer  

1754  On this day in history mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58  

1760  Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies on December - 14.  

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

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France  

1625  On December - 14 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on December - 14.  

1417  On December - 14 death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned  

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

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