Heir Presumptive
Becomes heir presumptive behind the infant Queen Mary, strengthening his claim to lead the Scottish government.
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December 14 in History
This permanent archive page contains 160 World History Database records for December 14, spanning 1542 to 2023. Recorded topics include Death of James V; Heir Presumptive; Succession of Mary of Scots.
Total: 160Events: 150Births: 2Deaths: 5Battles: 2Coronations: 1Countries: 39
Events on December 14
Succession of Mary of Scots
Succeeds James V as Queen of Scots at six days old.
Widowhood of Mary of Guise
Becomes queen dowager when James V dies at Falkland, leaving their six-day-old daughter Mary as Queen of Scots.
Marriage
Abrogates the Anglo-Spanish Marriage Treaty
Siege of Charleroi Begins
William III of Orange reaches Charleroi and begins an attempt to take the French-held fortress during his winter campaign.
Dukedom of Marlborough
Queen Anne rewards Marlborough's early campaign by making him Duke of Marlborough.
Dukedom of Marlborough
Queen Anne rewards Churchill's campaign by creating him Duke of Marlborough.
Return after Blenheim
Returns to St James's after the victorious continental campaign and the journey home from Rotterdam.
Freemasonry
Is initiated into the Viennese Masonic lodge Zur Wohltatigkeit.
Declaration of War
Louis XVI addressed the Legislative Assembly on the émigré threat and warned that continued foreign protection of armed émigrés could lead to conflict.
Ultimatum over Emigre Forces
Louis XVI addressed the Legislative Assembly on the threat posed by émigré forces gathering under protection of German princes.
Declaration of War
Addresses the Assembly & says war will be inevitable if the emigres are not dispersed
Declaration of War
Louis XVI addressed the Assembly and says war will be inevitable if the emigres are not dispersed.
Reballion of young Russian aristocratic army officers
First day of the uprising of young Russian aristocratic army officers
Civil Code
Promulgates the Civil Code prepared under the leadership of Andres Bello.
The Crisis Over the Slavery Issue
Publishes an article examining slavery as the central political issue of the American conflict.
Discovery Expedition
The party reached Discovery on 24 December, after a round trip of seven hundred miles covered in 59 days. Their daily average of over 14 miles on this man-hauling journey was significantly better than that achieved with dogs on the previous seasons southern journey, a fact which further strengthened Scotts prejudices against dogs
1st South Pole
1st person to reach the South Pole, beating Captain Scott
Discovery of South Pole
Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau. Amundsen names their South Pole camp Polheim, "Home on the Pole.". Amundens team of six, with 16 dogs, arrived at the Pole (9000S). they arrive 35 days before Scotts group. 1st person to reach the South Pole, beating Captain Scott
South Pole
Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau
South Pole
Becomes the first expedition leader to reach the Geographic South Pole
South Pole
Reaches the South Pole as a member of Amundsen's five-man Norwegian party
South Pole
Reaches the South Pole with Amundsen's party and helps navigate the final approach
South Pole
Reaches the South Pole as one of Amundsen's Norwegian sledging party
South Pole
Reaches the South Pole with Amundsen, Bjaaland, Hanssen and Hassel
South Pole Expedition
Amundsens team of five, with 16 dogs, arrives at the Pole (90° 0 S). They arrived 3334 days before Scotts group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp Polheim, meaning "Home on the Pole." Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim
South Pole Expedition
Amundsens team of five, with 16 dogs, arrives at the Pole (90° 0 S). They arrived 3334 days before Scotts group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp Polheim, meaning "Home on the Pole." Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim
South Pole Expedition
Amundsens team of five, with 16 dogs, arrives at the Pole (90° 0 S). They arrived 3334 days before Scotts group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp Polheim, meaning "Home on the Pole." Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim
South Pole Expedition
Amundsens team of five, with 16 dogs, arrives at the Pole (90° 0 S). They arrived 3334 days before Scotts group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp Polheim, meaning "Home on the Pole." Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim
South Pole Expedition
Amundsens team of five, with 16 dogs, arrives at the Pole (90° 0 S). They arrived 3334 days before Scotts group. Amundsen named their South Pole camp Polheim, meaning "Home on the Pole." Amundsen renamed the Antarctic Plateau as King Haakon VIIs Plateau. They left a small tent and letter stating their accomplishment, in case they did not return safely to Framheim
Order of the Garter
Awarded the Order of the Garter on his 21st birthday
War Cabinet Membership Announced
Confirms Curzon, Bonar Law, Milner and Henderson as colleagues in the new War Cabinet.
Nationalization
The Red Guard occupies private banks & a decree is passed to nationalize them
Nationalization of Banks
The Soviet government nationalizes private banks and strengthens state control over the financial system.
Bristol East Election
Ayles wins Bristol East for Labour after the war.
Kyoto Relativity Lecture
Explains how he developed the theory of relativity in a lecture at Kyoto University.
End of First Stauning Premiership
The First Stauning Premiership ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Madsen-Mygdal Government
Begins the Madsen-Mygdal Government in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Break in Diplomatic Relations with The Soviet Union amid deteriorating relations
Nationalist China breaks diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union amid deteriorating relations after the Communist uprisings.
China & Russia break off diplomatic relations
China & Russia break off diplomatic relations
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Reform of Electoral System
Women are given the vote
Prime Minister of Spain
Appointed Prime Minister of Spain
Resignation of Joaquin Chapaprieta
The Chapaprieta Government collapses
Resignation of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Resigns owing to bad health
Seven Goals Against Aston Villa
Scores all seven Arsenal goals in a 7-1 league victory over Aston Villa.
Graf Spee Enters Montevideo Harbour
Graf Spee enters Montevideo shortly after midnight, beginning an intense diplomatic dispute over repairs and the permitted length of stay.
Invasion of Norway
Issues OKW command to begin plans to invade orway
Reinforcements Requested off Montevideo
Harwood seeks additional warships while maintaining a naval watch outside the neutral port where Graf Spee has taken refuge.
Attempts Mediterranean Venue Compromise
Attempts to persuade Stalin to travel to a Mediterranean location rather than remain on the Soviet Black Sea coast.
Defense of Luzon
Yamashita organizes a prolonged defense of Luzon after concluding that the main American invasion will strike the island.
First Goal at New Chamartin
Scores the first goal at the newly inaugurated stadium during a 3-1 friendly win over Belenenses.
Presidential Election
Romulo Gallegos won Venezuela's first direct presidential election based on universal suffrage.
Deposed in Coup
Castaneda Castro is overthrown by young military officers
Revolutionary Council Takes Power
Oscar Osorio becomes a leading figure in the Revolutionary Council of Government
Admission to United Nations
Libya is admitted to membership of the United Nations.
Election
Elected Party Leader of the Labour Party
Labour Leadership Bid
Loses the Labour leadership contest to Hugh Gaitskell.
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party
United Nations Membership
Leads the government when Ireland is admitted to the United Nations.
Collusion Denial
Makes a Commons statement denying prior collusion over the invasion of Egypt
Collusion Denial
Denies prior collusion in the Suez invasion during Commons questioning
Collusion Questions
Faces questioning over whether Britain had prior knowledge of Israel's attack on Egypt
Health of Robert Anthony Eden
Returns from Jamaica
Suez Canal
Makes a speech in the Commons denying all knowledge of the invasion of Suez
Election
Elected President of the Republic of Cyprus
Election
Elected President of the Republic of Cyprus
Mariner 2 Venus Flyby
Mariner 2 flies past Venus and becomes the first successful spacecraft mission to another planet.
Venus Magnetic Field
Mariner 2 detects no strong intrinsic magnetic field at Venus during its planetary encounter.
Venus Surface Temperature
Mariner 2 measurements confirm that Venus is extremely hot, supporting greenhouse models of the planet's climate.
Barrel Roll Bombing
Authorizes expanded US air operations over northern Laos
Barrel Roll Support
His forces rely on US air support as Operation Barrel Roll expands
Operation Barrel Roll
Authorizes expanded US air operations in northern Laos
Exile of Constantine II
After the counter-coup fails, Constantine II and his family leave Greece and go into exile in Rome.
Constitution of Libya
A new "constitution" was implemented, the RCC becomes the ultimate authority in Libya
Coup
A new "constitution" was implemented, the RCC becomes the ultimate authority in Libya
Revolutionary Command Council
A new "constitution" was implemented, the RCC becomes the ultimate authority in Libya
Defence of Srinagar
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon engages Pakistani aircraft over Srinagar and is killed while defending the airfield.
Apollo 17 Lunar Module Liftoff
Commands Challenger's ascent stage as the final Apollo lunar surface crew leaves the Moon.
Apollo 17 Lunar Module Liftoff
Leaves the Moon aboard Challenger with Cernan after completing the final Apollo surface expedition.
Apollo 17 Message
Sends a message marking the close of Apollo lunar exploration.
Apollo 17 SIM Bay Mapping
Operates mapping and scientific equipment in lunar orbit while the surface crew prepares to depart.
Apollo 17 Third EVA
Completes the final Apollo lunar surface excursion with Cernan before Challenger's departure.
Challenger Lunar Ascent
Commands Challenger’s ascent from Taurus-Littrow and rendezvous with command module America.
Last Apollo Moonwalk
Leaves the Moon as the last Apollo astronaut on the surface.
Peace
Nixon ultimatum to NV to resume negotiations or "suffer the consequences"
Copenhagen European Summit
Represents Ireland at a Community summit during the country's first year of membership.
Milk Fund Executive Inquiry Opens
Participates in an executive-session phase of the committee's Milk Fund investigation, examining campaign-finance questions connected with political contributions and federal policy.
Capture of Golan Heights
Israel annexes the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, Parliament approves the annexation of the Golan Heights with legislation in one day
Rule of Golan Heights
Israel annexes the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967, Parliament approves the annexation of the Golan Heights with legislation in one day
Second Taoiseach Term
Returns as Taoiseach and forms another Fine Gael-Labour coalition government.
Strike
A court fines Scargill for obstruction
Strike
A court fines Scargill for obstruction
United Nations General Assembly condems South Africa
The United Nations General Assembly condems South Africa
Democratic Presidential Election
Oversees the election won by opposition candidate Patricio Aylwin.
Election Victory
Is elected president as the candidate of the Concertacion coalition.
Presidential Election
Wins the first competitive presidential election held after the 1988 plebiscite.
Government
Nominates Bielicki as Prime Minister
Political Union Intergovernmental Conference
Supports opening treaty negotiations on political union alongside the parallel conference on monetary union.
Resignation of Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Resigns from office
Rome European Council
Hosts the European Council that opens intergovernmental conferences on political union and monetary union.
Rome European Council
Represents Ireland as the intergovernmental conferences on political and monetary union formally open.
Rome European Council
Represents Greece as leaders open intergovernmental conferences on political union and monetary union.
Chernomyrdin Appointed Prime Minister
Appoints Viktor Chernomyrdin prime minister after parliament refuses to confirm Yegor Gaidar.
Dismissal
In the face of Parliamentary opposition to Gaidars reforms, Yeltsin fires him and appoints businessman Viktor Chernomyrdin Prime Minister
Dismissal
In the face of Parliamentary opposition to Gaidars reforms, Yeltsin fires him and appoints businessman Viktor Chernomyrdin Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Russia
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, 1st term
Autobiography Published
Publishes a personal account of struggle imprisonment and political transition.
Long Walk to Freedom Launch
Launches his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.
Dayton Accords
The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
Dayton Accords
The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
Dayton Accords
The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
Dayton Accords
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
Dayton Accords
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
Dayton Accords
The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
Dayton Accords
The full and formal agreement is signed by French President Jacques Chirac, US President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister John Major, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
Dayton Accords
50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December
Dayton Accords
A US peace accord is agreed at Paris and signed outside Dayton, Ohio, ending 43 months of savage, genocidal warfare in which 250,000 had died and nearly 2 million lost their homes
Dayton Accords
The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military
Dayton Accords
The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators. The Dayton accords are signed in Paris.
Dayton Accords
The Dayton accords put an end to the three and a half year long war in Bosnia, one of the armed conflicts in the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.
Dayton Accords
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
Dayton Accords
The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton.
Dayton Accords
Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia.
General Framework Agreement for Peace
The General Framework Agreement for Peace is signed
General Framework Agreement for Peace
The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions
Republika Srpska
The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions
Accords of Dayton
Initiated in Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 the full formal agreement is signed in Paris
Dublin II Treaty Draft
Supports the Presidency draft that becomes an important basis for the Treaty of Amsterdam.
Dublin Stability Pact Agreement
Supports agreement on key elements of the Stability and Growth Pact for monetary union.
Dublin Stability Pact Agreement
Supports the Dublin agreement on the essential elements of the Stability and Growth Pact for monetary union.
Stability and Growth Pact Agreement
Helps secure political agreement on the fiscal framework accompanying the euro.
Prime Minister of Russia
Appointed Prime Minister of Russia, 2nd term
Laeken European Council
Represents Germany as leaders launch a broader debate on the future constitutional structure of the Union.
Laeken European Council
Represents Greece as leaders launch the Convention on the Future of Europe.
Intercontinental Cup Equaliser Against Milan
Scores Boca Juniors' equaliser against Milan before the Argentine club win the Intercontinental Cup on penalties.
Intercontinental Cup Penalty Saves
Saves penalties from Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Costacurta as Boca Juniors defeat Milan in the shootout.
Election
Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance
Intifada
Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance
Intifada, 2nd
Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance
Privy Council
Approved for appointment to the Privy Council after becoming opposition leader.
Operation Paget
Lord Stevens report, Operation Paget, was published and dismisses all allegations of conspiracy as without foundation
A meeting between al-Malki and former US President George Bush is disrupted
A meeting between al-Malki and former US President George Bush is disrupted when Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al Zaidi threw his shoes at Bush
Sports Personality of the Year
Named BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Appointment as Vice-President
Nkomo becomes Vice-President following Joseph Msika's death.
Electoral College
The Electoral College confirms Joe Biden's presidential victory.
Electoral College Certification
Electoral College votes confirm Joe Biden’s victory.
Electoral College Vote
Electoral College confirms his presidential victory.
EU Accession Talks Decision
Welcomes the European Council decision to open European Union accession negotiations with Ukraine.
Births on December 14
Birth of George VI
Birth of George VI, 2nd son of George V
Born to Boogie
The UK premiere of Born to Boogie is held at Oscars Cinema in Brewer Street, Soho.
Deaths on December 14
Death of James V
Dies at Falkland Palace six days after the birth of his daughter Mary, leaving the Scottish crown to the infant queen.
Death of Charles Howard
Death of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Death of John Erskine
Death of John Erskine of Mar
Death of Victoria
Death of Prince Albert from typhoid, spends the rest of her life dressed in mourning
Death of Dianna
Lord Stevens report, Operation Paget, was published and dismisses all allegations of conspiracy as without foundation
Battles on December 14
Battle of Saint-Eustache
Leads Patriote resistance during the decisive battle at Saint-Eustache.
Final Lower Canada Battle
Dies as British forces defeat the remaining organized Lower Canada rebels.
Coronations on December 14
Coronation
Is crowned king and soon assumes personal rule.