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 December - 14 richard Batka, composer   

1870  Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40) on December - 14.   

1873  On December - 14 marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer   

1873  On December - 14 j Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies   

1875  On December - 14 dobri Khristov, composer   

1877  Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys) on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo   

1883  On this day in history manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer   

1884  Regina Ullmann, writer on this day in history.   

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

1889  American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia on December - 14.   

1889  On December - 14 american Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila   

1893  Karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1894  Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85) on December - 14.   

1894  On December - 14 joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer   

1895  On December - 14 george VI, king of England (1936-52)   

1896  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 on December - 14.   

1896  On this day in history the Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.   

1896  On December - 14 james H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)   

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  Frederick Douglass Hall, composer on December - 14.   

1900  Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law on this day in history.   

1900  Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer on this day in history.   

1900  Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46 on December - 14.   

1901  1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) on December - 14.   

1901  On this day in history henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)   

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

1903  Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut on this day in history.   

1903  William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair on December - 14.   

1905  Sydney Lipton, bandleader/violin on this day in history.   

1906  Helmut Bornefeld, composer on this day in history.   

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

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on December - 14.   

1503  On December - 14 birth of nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet   

1546  On this day in history birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

1553  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On December - 14 death of harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered   

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

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 this day in history death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)   

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