Historical Events In December - 14

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  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   

1124  On this day in history theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)   

1136  On this day in history harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered   

1287  On this day in history zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives   

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist on this day in history.   

1417  On this day in history john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned   

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

1503  Nostradamus (Michael de Notredame) was born on this day in history.   

1503  The birth of Nostradamus, French astrologer who published his prophecies in 1555 on December - 14.   

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

1542  Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland on December - 14.   

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

1546  On December - 14 tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

1553  On this day in history henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

1575  On December - 14 polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland   

1582  On December - 14 zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25   

1591  Juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies on December - 14.   

1600  Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die on December - 14.   

1640  (baptism date) on December - 14.   

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

1656  Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales on December - 14.   

1702  The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of ÅŒishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master on this day in history.   

1708  On December - 14 prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris   

1730  On this day in history capel Bond, composer   

1732  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1734  On December - 14 noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44   

1738  On December - 14 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer   

1754  On this day in history mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58   

1760  Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies on December - 14.   

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on December - 14.   

1553  On December - 14 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  On this day in history birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)   

1640  On December - 14 birth of (baptism date)   

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

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

1460  On this day in history death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)   

1476  On December - 14 death of vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431)   

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

1542  On this day in history james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30