The December 14th is the 348e Jour of the Année (349e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian calendar . There remain 17 days before the end of the year.
Events
Births
- 1503 : Nostradamus (Michel of Nostre-Lady), Doctor and Apothecary French practitioner the Astrology († July 2nd 1566)
- 1546: Tycho Brahé, astronomer Danish († October 24th 1601).
- 1553 : Henri IV, monarch French († 1610).
- 1730 : James Bruce, British explorer († 1794).
- 1824 : Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter († 1898).
- 1895 : Paul Éluard, French poet ((† November 18th 1952).
- 1895 : Georges VI, king of the the United Kingdom of 1936 with 1952. († February 6th 1952)
- 1896: James H. Doolittle, general American († 1993).
- 1931 : Rene-Lucien Picandet, 122e bishop of Orleans of 1981 with 1997.
- 1933 : Albert Spaggiari, author of the Break-in of the century († June 10th 1989)
- 1935: Lee Remick, American actress .
- 1936 : Robert A. Parker, American astronaut
- 1940: Paco Camino, Spanish Matador .
- 1946 : Jane Birkin, actress and British singer.
- 1949 : Cliff Williams, bass player of the group rock'n'roll AC/DC.
- 1954 : Steve MacLean, Canadian spationaut
- 1956: Hanni Wenzel, alpine skier of the Liechtenstein, Olympic champion in 1980.
- 1960 : Catherine G. Coleman, American astronaut.
- 1970 : Albin of Simone, author, type-setter, interprets French.
- 1975 : Ben Kay, player of Rugby to XV British (England).
- 1977 : Fally Ipupa, singer Congolese (DRC).
- 1978 : Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player.
- 1979 : Michael Owen, British footballer (England).
- 1988 :
Death
- 872 : The Pope Adrien II, (° 792).
- 1267 : Casimir Ier de Cujavie.
- 1591 : Jean of the Cross, Holy and mystical Spanish. (° 1542)
- 1788: Charles III of Spain, king d' Espagne (° January 20th 1716)
- 1799: George Washington, first President of the United States, (° February 22nd 1732).
- 1826 : Malta-Brown Conrad, Geographer French of Danish origin (° 1755)
- 1873: Louis Agassiz, zoologist, ichtyologiste and American geologist of Swiss origin , (° 1807).
- 1918 : Sidónio Feed, dictator Portuguese
- 1963: Marie Marvingt woman extraordinary and aviatrice (° 1875)
- 1965: Somerset Maugham, playwright and British novelist. (° January 25th 1874)
- 1987: Copi draftsman of data base, dramatic author, Argentinian writer, (° 1940).
- 1989 : Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Prize of Russian peace, (° May 21st 1921).
- 1990 : Friedrich Dürrenmatt Swiss Playwright. (° 1921)
- 1996: Gaston Miron, poet and editor Québécois. (° January 8th 1928)
- 2001: W.G. Sebald, German writer.
- 2004 : Francoise Verny, French editor, (° 1928).
Celebrations
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Holy Odile (+ towards 720), abbess of Hohenbourg and owner of Alsace (recent date for the Latin rite).
- Spyridon de Trimythonte (+ towards 348), bishop with Cyprus (deferred date this day in the Latin rite)
- Holy Éguiner (or Holy Fingar) (+ towards 455), Irish prince hermit in Armorican Cornwall.
- Nicaise of Rheims (+ 407 or 450), archbishop and martyr with his sister, her deacon, his reader and several other companions.
- Eutropie of Rheims (+ 407 or 450), sister of saint Nicaise martyrdom with him.
Catholic saints of the day
Orthodoxe saints of the day
See too
Beats-smg: Groudė 14
Be-X-old: 14 сьнежня
Fiu-vro: 14. joulukuu päiv
Nds-nl: 14 december
Simple: December 14
Zh-yue: 12 月 14 號