Historical Events In December - 14

0644  On December - 14 osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam   

0867  Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 14.   

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

0872  John VIII elected as Catholic Pope on this day in history.   

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on December - 14.   

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1417  John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1575  Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland on December - 14.   

1582  Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies   

1600  On December - 14 olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die   

1640  On December - 14 (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  On December - 14 artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales   

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

1708  Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1730  On December - 14 capel Bond, composer   

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

1734  On December - 14 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 this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies   

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1009  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 14 adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80   

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on December - 14.   

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on December - 14.   

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

1460  On December - 14 death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)   

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

1510  On December - 14 death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)   

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