Page 3: Historical Events In December - 14

1863  On December - 14 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 December - 14 richard Batka, composer   

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

1873  On December - 14 marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer   

1873  On December - 14 j Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies   

1875  Dobri Khristov, composer on this day in history.   

1877  Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys) on December - 14.   

1882  On December - 14 henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo   

1883  On this day in history manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer   

1884  On December - 14 regina Ullmann, writer   

1886  Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

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 December - 14.   

1893  Karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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  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  The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company on this day in history.   

1896  James H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942) on December - 14.   

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.   

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

1898  On this day in history frederick Douglass Hall, composer   

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

1900  Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer on December - 14.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1905  On December - 14 sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin   

1906  Helmut Bornefeld, composer on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1640  On December - 14 birth of (baptism date)   

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 December - 14.   

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

1476  On this day in history 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 this day in history.