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

1077  On December - 14 agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies  

1124  On this day in history theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)  

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

1287  Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives on December - 14.  

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

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

1490  Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria on this day in history.  

1503  Nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born on this day in history.  

1503  On this day in history the birth of Nostradamus, French astrologer who published his prophecies in 1555  

1503  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet on this day in history.  

1542  Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland on December - 14.  

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

1546  On December - 14 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 December - 14.  

1582  On this day in history zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25  

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 this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history (baptism date)  

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

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

1702  The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master on December - 14.  

1708  Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history capel Bond, composer  

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

1734  On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44  

1738  On December - 14 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer  

1754  Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 on December - 14.  

1760  On this day in history kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies  

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1460  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on this day in history.  

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

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on this day in history.  

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