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

1868  On this day in history richard Batka, composer   

1870  Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40) on this day in history.   

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

1873  J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies on December - 14.   

1875  On December - 14 dobri Khristov, composer   

1877  On this day in history lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)   

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

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

1884  On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer   

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

1889  On this day in history american Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia   

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

1894  Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history 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 December - 14.   

1896  On this day in history the Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.   

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

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 this day in history margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)   

1898  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer on this day in history.   

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

1900  On December - 14 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  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 December - 14.   

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

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

1906  Helmut Bornefeld, composer on this day in history.   

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1009  On December - 14 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  On this day in history birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

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 this day in history.   

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

0872  On this day in history 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  On December - 14 death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned   

1460  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on December - 14.   

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

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

1542  James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on this day in history.