Page 3: Historical Events In December - 14

1863  On this day in history battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tenn   

1866  On December - 14 the birth of Roger Fry, English painter and critic   

1868  Richard Batka, composer on this day in history.   

1870  On December - 14 dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40)   

1873  Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer on December - 14.   

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

1875  On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer   

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

1882  Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo on this day in history.   

1883  On December - 14 manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer   

1884  On December - 14 regina Ullmann, writer   

1886  On this day in history antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27   

1889  American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia on December - 14.   

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

1893  On this day in history karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86   

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

1894  On December - 14 joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer   

1895  On December - 14 george VI, king of England (1936-52)   

1896  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 on this day in history.   

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

1896  On December - 14 james H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)   

1896  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 on December - 14.   

1897  On December - 14 margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)   

1898  On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer   

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

1900  Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1903  On December - 14 william Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair   

1905  On this day in history sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin   

1906  On this day in history helmut Bornefeld, composer   

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

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

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

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on December - 14.   

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1417  Death of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on December - 14.   

1460  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on December - 14.   

1510  On December - 14 death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)   

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