Historical Events In December - 14

0644  On December - 14 osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam  

0867  On this day in history adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

0872  On December - 14 john VIII elected as Catholic Pope  

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.  

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

1136  Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on this day in history.  

1287  On December - 14 zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives  

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

1417  John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on this day in history.  

1490  Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria on December - 14.  

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

1503  The birth of Nostradamus, French astrologer who published his prophecies in 1555 on December - 14.  

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

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 December - 14.  

1591  On December - 14 juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies  

1600  On December - 14 olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die  

1640  (baptism date) on this day in history.  

1656  On this day in history 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  On December - 14 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 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 December - 14.  

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

1760  On December - 14 kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies  

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1009  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)  

1363  On December - 14 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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 December - 14.  

1510  On this day in history death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)  

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