December 14

December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 17 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.

835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.

1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.

1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.

1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first military academy in the world.

1782 – The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.

1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.

1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.

1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends.

1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on December 27 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 14th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 1.

Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus (Coronatus), with others, of Bithynia (c. 250).

Martyrs Apollonius, Philemon, Arianus, Theoctychus, and four guards converted by St. Arianus, at Alexandria (c. 305).

Martyr Hypatius, and 36 martyrs with him, from the Thebaid in Egypt.

Martyrs Justus and Abundius (283)

Saint Pompeius of Pavia, Bishop of Pavia in Italy (c. 290)

Saint Matronian, born in Milan, he became a hermit; his relics were enshrined by St. Ambrose.

Saint Viator of Bergamo, an early Bishop of Bergamo in Italy from 344 to 378 (378).

Hieromartyr Nicasius of Rheims, Bishop of Rheims in France, with his sister Eutropia and Companions (407)

Saints Fingar (Gwinear) and Phiala, brother and sister, and Companions, martyrs in Cornwall (5th century)

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