What is December 14?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[557]] &ndash; [[Constantinople]] is severely damaged by an [[earthquake]]. * [[1287]] &ndash; The St. Lucia's [[flood]] in the [[Netherlands]] kills around 50,000 people. * [[1542]] &ndash; [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] inherits the throne of [[Scotland]] at the age of just 6 days, following the death of her father, King [[James V of Scotland]]. * [[1782]] &ndash; The [[Montgolfier brothers]]' first [[balloon]] makes its first test flight. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: [[France]]'s invasion of [[Russia]] ends. * [[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The [[Royal Navy]] seizes control of Lake Borgne, [[Louisiana]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; [[Alabama]] becomes the 22nd State of the [[United States]]. * [[1836]] &ndash; The [[Toledo War]], a boundary dispute between [[Ohio]] and the [[Territory of Michigan]], unofficially ends. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[Albert, Prince Consort]], husband of [[Queen Victoria]], dies aged 42. Following this, Queen Victoria withdraws from public life, in mourning for Prince Albert. * [[1896]] &ndash; The [[Glasgow]] Underground Railway opens. * [[1900]] &ndash; [[Max Planck]] presents a theoretical derivation of his black–body [[radiation]] law. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1902]] &ndash; The first [[Pacific Ocean]] [[telegraph]] [[cable]] is laid from [[San Francisco]] to [[Honolulu]]. * [[1907]] &ndash; Schooner (a type of [[sailing]] [[boat]]) ''Thomas W. Lawson'' runs aground and sinks off the [[Isles of Scilly]] in a [[gale]], killing its captain and 15 seamen. * [[1911]] &ndash; [[Roald Amundsen]] of [[Norway]] becomes the first person to reach the [[South Pole]]. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[President]] of [[Portugal]] [[Sidonio Pais]] is assassinated. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse]], a German prince elected by the [[parliament]] of [[Finland]] to become the country's first [[King]], titled Vaino I, resigns without setting foot in Finland, following [[Germany]]'s defeat in [[World War I]]. [[Finland]] becomes a [[r