Historical Events In December - 14
Sunday, 19 October 2025
0644 Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam on December - 14.
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 Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on December - 14.
1077 On December - 14 agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies
1124 On December - 14 theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
1136 Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on December - 14.
1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives on December - 14.
1363 John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist on this day in history.
1417 On December - 14 john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned
1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria on December - 14.
1503 On December - 14 nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born
1503 On December - 14 the birth of Nostradamus, French astrologer who published his prophecies in 1555
1503 On December - 14 nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet
1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland on this day in history.
1542 James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on this day in history.
1546 Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) on December - 14.
1553 On December - 14 henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France
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 December - 14.
1600 On this day in history olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
1640 On this day in history (baptism date)
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 Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris on December - 14.
1730 Capel Bond, composer on this day in history.
1732 Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80 on December - 14.
1734 On December - 14 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
1738 Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58
1760 On this day in history kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies
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