Historical Events In December - 14

1863  Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tenn on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history the birth of Roger Fry, English painter and critic  

1868  On this day in history richard Batka, composer  

1870  On this day in history dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40)  

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

1873  J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history american Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila  

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

1894  Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85) on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer  

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

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  

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

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

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  

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

1898  On December - 14 frederick Douglass Hall, composer  

1900  Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law on December - 14.  

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

1900  Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46 on December - 14.  

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

1901  On this day in history henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)  

1902  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show) on this day in history.  

1903  Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut on this day in history.  

1903  William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair on December - 14.  

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

1906  Helmut Bornefeld, composer on December - 14.  

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on this day in history.  

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on December - 14.  

1503  On December - 14 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  Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France was born on this day in history.  

1625  On this day in history birth of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)  

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

1640  (baptism date) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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