Historical Events In December - 14
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
0644 On December - 14 osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam 

0867 On December - 14 adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 

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

0872 John VIII elected as Catholic Pope on this day in history. 

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 On December - 14 theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses) 

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 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 December - 14. 

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

1503 On December - 14 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 this day in history. 

1542 On this day in history james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 

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 December - 14. 

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 December - 14. 

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

1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales on December - 14. 

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

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

1730 Capel Bond, composer on this day in history. 

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

1734 On December - 14 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 

1738 On this day in history 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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