14 December - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on December 14, the day number in a year is 348 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 349. December 14 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
December 14 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 557 | A large earthquake severely damaged the city of Constantinople. |
| 835 | In the Sweet Dew Incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty Conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled. |
| 1287 | More than 50,000 people died during the flooding of St. Lucia in the northwestern Netherlands. |
| 1546 | The famous Danish astronomer and mathematician Taco Brahe was born. |
| 1702 | John Churchill was made king of Marlborough. |
| 1708 | Prosper Joyot's Electra began its premiere in Paris. |
| 1782 | Charleston, South Carolina was evacuated by the British. |
| 1788 | King Charles III of Spain has died and his son Charles IV succeeded him. |
| 1799 | America's first President George Washington died. He was unanimously elected President of the United States. |
| 1799 | George Washington, the first President of the United States, died in Mount Vernon, Virginia. |
| 1805 | George Brancken, a British blacksmith, discovered stone coal. |
| 1819 | Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state after the statehood of present-day Northern Alabama was delayed for several years by the lack of a coastline until Mobile was captured from Spain during the War of 1812. |
| 1819 | Alabama was accepted as the 22nd US state. |
| 1836 | The Toledo War, the mostly bloodless boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Territory of Michigan, unofficial ended with a resolution passed by the controversial 'Frostbitten Convention'. |
| 1896 | Glasgow Subway opened the third oldest underground metro world. |
| 1900 | German physicist Max Planck presented a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law, suggesting that electro magnetic energy could only be emitted in quantized form. |
| 1901 | Mahatma Gandhi reached Rajkot via Porbandar. |
| 1911 | Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the firstpeople to reach the South Pole. |
| 1911 | Norwegian explorer Roald Emondson became the first person to reach the South Pole. |
| 1913 | Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Kongo-class, was launched, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. |
| 1918 | British women voted in general elections for the first time. |
| 1918 | Prince Frederick Charles of Hess resigned from the Finnish throne. |
| 1924 | Renowned filmmaker, director and actor Raj Kapoor was born. |
| 1946 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected the President of the Constituent Assembly of India. |
| 1960 | Australian cricketer Ian Meckiff was run out on the last day ofthe first Test between Australia and the West Indies, causing the firstTied Test in the history of cricket. |
| 1960 | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD) was established. |
| 1962 | NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft tosuccessfully conduct a planetary encounter when it flew by Venus. |
| 1963 | The dam holding the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles failed, releasing a flood that destroyed 277 homes. |
| 1983 | General HM Irshad declared himself President of Bangladesh. |
| 1994 | Construction on the Three Gorges Dam began on the Yangtze Riverin China. |
| 1995 | Leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia signed the Dayton Treaty in Paris to end the three-and-a-half-year-long Balkan war. |
| 1995 | The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris. |
| 1998 | Disarmament Crisis on Iraq: US President Bill Clinton orders an airstrike on Iraq UNSCOM withdraws all weapons inspectors from Iraq. |
| 1999 | Torrential rains caused flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela,resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousandsof homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure. |
| 2003 | 73 countries signed the first anti-corruption agreement in Merida, Mexico. |
| 2004 | Cuba and Venezuela founded the Bolivarian Alliance for theAmericas. |
| 2005 | 11 Hindus are condemned with a sentence of life imprisonment for their involvement in the killing of Muslims in the 2002 Gujarat violence. |
| 2006 | According to a research excursion, human action has had a direct impact on the Chinese River Dolphin, which is now probably extinct. |
| 2007 | Saudi Arabian king, King Abdullah invites the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage. |
| 2007 | Rail service resumed after 50 years between North and South Korea. |
| 2008 | Al-Baghdadi TV journalist Muntadhar al Zaidi is restrained after throwing both his shoes at United States President George W. Bush during his farewell speech in Iraq. |
| 2009 | According to a recent revelation, China's People's Liberation Army has constructed a huge underground tunnel in the Hebei region for the protection of its nuclear weapons. |
| 2010 | The government of Philippines has claimed to end the long-running communist rebellion "within three years", as it announces to continue peace talks with rebels. |
| 2011 | Poisonous alcohol that is banned in India kills 166 people in West Bengal. |
| 2012 | Thousands of North Koreans rejoice the positive launch of the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 satellite in Pyongyang's Kim Il-Sung Square. |
| 2012 | A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,Connecticut, USA. |
| 2013 | China's mission carrying Yutu, China's first lunar rover, lands on the Moon. It is the first "soft" landing on the Moon since 1976 and the third ever robotic rover. |
| 2014 | Two massive statues of Amenhotep III that had been destroyed by an earthquake at the Nile river in 1200 BC have been rebuilt by archaeologists. |
Famous Birthdays of December 14:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1954 | Alan Kulwicki / Racing Car Driver / United States of America |
| 1870 | Karl Renner / Politician / Austria |
| 1917 | C.-H. Hermansson / Politician / Sweden |
| 1987 | Kenneth Medwood / Hurdler / United States of America |
| 1985 | Alex Pennie / Keyboard Player / United Kingdom |
| 1812 | Lord Canning / Indian Govt. / India |
| 1789 | Maria Szymanowska / Pianist / Poland |
| 1915 | Dan Dailey / Actor / United States of America |
| 1969 | Archie Kao / Actor / United States of America |
| 1982 | Steve Sidwell / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1972 | Miranda Hart / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1960 | Diane Williams / Sprinter / United States of America |
| 1931 | Jon Elia / Philosopher / Pakistan |
| 1720 | Justus Möser / Jurist / Germany |
| 1883 | Morihei Ueshiba / Martial Artist / Japan |
| 1978 | Zdeněk Pospěch / Footballer / Czech Republic |
| 1948 | Boudewijn Büch / Poet / Netherlands |
| 1942 | Chris Harris / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1963 | Greg Abbott / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1967 | Ewa Białołęcka / Author / Poland |
| 1973 | Tomasz Radzinski / Footballer / Canada |
| 1852 | Daniel De Leon / Politician / United States of America |
| 1978 | Dean Brogan / Footballer / Australia |
| 1920 | Clark Terry / Composer / United States of America |
| 1866 | Roger Fry / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 1972 | Marcus Jensen / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1946 | Joyce Vincent Wilson / Singer / United States of America |
| 1969 | Scott Hatteberg / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1975 | Justin Furstenfeld / Writer / United States of America |
| 1985 | Jakub Błaszczykowski / Footballer / Poland |
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