Historical Events In December - 14
Friday, 19 December 2025
0644 On December - 14 osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam 

0867 On December - 14 adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 

0872 On December - 14 john VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope 

0872 On December - 14 john VIII elected as Catholic Pope 

0872 On this day in history adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 

1077 On this day in history agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies 

1124 On December - 14 theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses) 

1136 On December - 14 harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered 

1287 On December - 14 zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives 

1363 On December - 14 john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist 

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

1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria on this day in history. 

1503 On December - 14 nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born 

1503 The birth of Nostradamus, French astrologer who published his prophecies in 1555 on this day in history. 

1503 Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet on December - 14. 

1542 On December - 14 princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland. 

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

1546 Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) on this day in history. 

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

1575 On this day in history polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland 

1582 Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 on December - 14. 

1591 Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies on this day in history. 

1600 On this day in history olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die 

1640 (baptism date) on December - 14. 

1656 Artificial pearls first manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales on this day in history. 

1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales on this day in history. 

1702 The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of ÅŒishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master on December - 14. 

1708 On this day in history prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris 

1730 On this day in history capel Bond, composer 

1732 On this day in history johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80 

1734 On this day in history noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 

1738 On December - 14 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer 

1754 Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 on December - 14. 

1760 Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies on this day in history. 

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