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  John VIII elected as Catholic Pope on December - 14.  

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  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 14 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  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) on December - 14.  

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

1575  On this day in history polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland  

1582  On December - 14 zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25  

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 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  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 December - 14.  

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

1730  Capel Bond, composer on this day in history.  

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 December - 14 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  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  On December - 14 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  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 this day in history 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 December - 14 death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)  

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on this day in history.  

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

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