On this day: 14 December

Years ago today

Events · 15

• 835(Julian date)
  Ganlu incident — Tang dynasty plot to kill eunuchs by Emporor Wenzong and Chancellor Li Xun
• 1814
  Battle of Lake Borgne — naval battle fought between Britain and the United States in the War of 1812
• 1819
  Alabama — state of the United States of America
• 1896
  Glasgow Subway — underground metro line in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• 1914
  Democratic Progressive Party — political party in Argentina
• 1918
  1918 United Kingdom general election — general election held in the United Kingdom
• 1942
  1942 Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20bis crash — fatal crash of the Tupolev ANT-20bis in 1942
• 1992
  1992 Russian Air Force Mi-8 shootdown
• 1995
  Dayton Agreement — late-1995 treaty ending the Bosnian War
• 1998
  December 14, 1998 Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush — 1998 border incident
• 2008
  Bush shoeing incident — 2008 incident in Baghdad, Iraq
• 2012
  Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting — 2012 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, United States
• 2020
  solar eclipse of December 14, 2020 — total solar eclipse
• 2025
  2025 Bondi Beach shooting — mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on 14 December 2025
• 2025
  killing of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — 2025 homicides in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Births · 60

• 1009(Julian date)
  Go-Suzaku — Emperor of Japan
• 1503(Julian date)
  Nostradamus — French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)
• 1546(Julian date)
  Tycho Brahe — Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
• 1631
  Anne Conway — English philosopher
• 1824
  Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — French artist best known for his mural painting (1824–1898)
• 1866
  Roger Fry — English artist and art critic (1866-1934)
• 1870
  Karl Renner — first President of Austria (1870–1950)
• 1883
  Morihei Ueshiba — Japanese aikidoka (1883-1969)
• 1895
  George VI — King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
• 1895
  Paul Éluard — French poet (1895–1952)
• 1897
  Kurt Schuschnigg — Chancellor of Austria (1897-1977)
• 1897
  Margaret Chase Smith — member of the United States Senate from Maine (1897-1995)
• 1901
  Paul of Greece — King of Greece from 1947 to 1964
• 1909
  Edward Lawrie Tatum — US genetics scientist (1909-1975)
• 1914
  Karl Carstens — president of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992)
• 1916
  Shirley Jackson — American writer (1916-1965)
• 1918
  B. K. S. Iyengar — Indian yoga teacher and scholar (1918–2014)
• 1922
  Nikolay Basov — Soviet physicist (1922-2001)
• 1924
  — Indian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988)
• 1934
  Shyam Benegal — Indian director and screenwriter (1934–2024)
• 1935
  Lee Remick — American actress (1935-1991)
• 1938
  Leonardo Boff — Brazilian Catholic liberation theologian (born 1938)
• 1946
  Jane Birkin — British-French actress and singer (1946–2023)
• 1946
  Patty Duke — American actress (1946–2016)
• 1946
  Stan Smith — American tennis player

Deaths · 60

• 872(Julian date)
  Adrian II — pope
• 1077(Julian date)
  Agnes of Poitou — Holy Roman Empress
• 1293(Julian date)
  Al-Ashraf Khalil — Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1290–1293)
• 1311
  Margaret of Brabant — daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders
• 1332(Julian date)
  Rinchinbal Khan — emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (1326-1332)
• 1503
  Sten Sture the Elder — Swedish statesman and military figure (1440-1503)
• 1510(Julian date)
  Frederick of Saxony — Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• 1542(Julian date)
  James V of Scotland — King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542
• 1591
  John of the Cross — Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint (1542–1591)
• 1624(Julian date)
  Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham — English politician and naval commander (1536–1624)
• 1788
  Charles III of Spain — King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
• 1788
  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — German composer (1714–1788)
• 1799
  George Washington — Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)
• 1847
  Manuel José Arce — President of the Federal Republic of Central America (1787-1847)
• 1860
  George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen — British politician (1784-1860)
• 1861
  Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861 (1819–1861)
• 1872
  John Frederick Kensett — American artist (1816-1872)
• 1873
  — Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)
• 1878
  Princess Alice of the United Kingdom — Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1878
• 1935
  Stanley G. Weinbaum — American writer (1902-1935)
• 1938
  Maurice Emmanuel — French composer
• 1939
  Helene Kröller-Müller — German art collector (1869-1939)
• 1940
  Anton Korošec — Austrian member of Austrian empire council (1872-1940)
• 1943
  — American physician (1852–1943)
• 1947
  Stanley Baldwin — British statesman (1867–1947)