Historical Events In December - 14

0644  Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam on this day in history.  

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

0872  On this day in history john VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0872  John VIII elected as Catholic Pope on December - 14.  

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on this day in history.  

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on December - 14.  

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

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

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

1363  On December - 14 john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist  

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

1490  On this day in history anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria  

1503  On December - 14 nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born  

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

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

1542  On December - 14 princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland.  

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 December - 14.  

1575  Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland on December - 14.  

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

1591  On December - 14 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1730  On December - 14 capel Bond, composer  

1732  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80 on December - 14.  

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

1738  Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer on this day in history.  

1754  Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1631  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.  

1640  On December - 14 birth of (baptism date)  

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on December - 14.  

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  Death of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on this day in history.  

1460  On this day in history death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)  

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  On this day in history james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30