Page 3: Historical Events In December - 14

1863  On December - 14 battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tenn   

1866  The birth of Roger Fry, English painter and critic on December - 14.   

1868  On December - 14 richard Batka, composer   

1870  Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40) on December - 14.   

1873  On this day in history marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer   

1873  On this day in history j Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies   

1875  Dobri Khristov, composer on December - 14.   

1877  On December - 14 lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)   

1882  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo   

1883  Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer on December - 14.   

1884  Regina Ullmann, writer on December - 14.   

1886  Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27 on December - 14.   

1889  American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia on this day in history.   

1889  American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila on this day in history.   

1893  On December - 14 karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86   

1894  On December - 14 day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)   

1894  On December - 14 joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer   

1895  George VI, king of England (1936-52) on December - 14.   

1896  On December - 14 james Doolittle aviator U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born   

1896  The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company on December - 14.   

1896  On this day in history james H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)   

1896  On this day in history james Doolittle aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born   

1897  Margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine) on December - 14.   

1898  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer on December - 14.   

1900  Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer   

1900  On this day in history jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46   

1901  1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) on December - 14.   

1901  Henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928) on December - 14.   

1902  On this day in history frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show)   

1903  Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut on December - 14.   

1903  On this day in history william Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair   

1905  On December - 14 sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin   

1906  On this day in history helmut Bornefeld, composer   

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on December - 14.   

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  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on December - 14.   

1553  Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France was born on December - 14.   

1625  Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1631  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on December - 14.   

1640  On December - 14 birth of (baptism date)   

0872  On December - 14 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   

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

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  On December - 14 death of vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431)   

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on December - 14.   

1542  James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on December - 14.