Page 3: Historical Events In December - 14

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

1866  On December - 14 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 December - 14.   

1873  Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer on December - 14.   

1873  On this day in history j Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies   

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  On December - 14 manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer   

1884  Regina Ullmann, writer on December - 14.   

1886  On December - 14 antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27   

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  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 December - 14 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 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 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 this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1901  On December - 14 henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)   

1902  Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bea-Andy Griffith Show) on December - 14.   

1903  On December - 14 reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut   

1903  William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair on this day in history.   

1905  On December - 14 sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin   

1906  On December - 14 helmut Bornefeld, composer   

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on December - 14.   

1363  On this day in history birth of john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist   

1503  On this day in history birth of nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet   

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 this day in history.   

1625  On December - 14 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  On this day in history agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies   

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on this day in history.   

1417  On December - 14 death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned   

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

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

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on December - 14.   

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