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December 14

December 14's record stretches 1,177 years, from 835 to 2012. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Sagittarius is the sign for December 14 — read more on the Sagittarius page, or see December's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on December 14?

December 14 is the 348th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 835 and 2012. Famous people born on December 14 include Karl Carstens, Karl Renner and Tycho Brahe.

Released on December 14

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Movie David

2023

  • Game Palia

2022

  • Movie Avatar: The Way of Water

2021

  • Game Praey for the Gods

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 835

    Sweet Dew incident

  2. 1836

    Toledo War

  3. 1863

    American Civil War

  4. 1911

    Roald Amundsen

  5. 1913

    Japanese battleship Haruna

  6. 1918

    Giacomo Puccini

  7. 1925

    Wozzeck

  8. 1992

    War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)

  9. 1999

    Vargas tragedy

  10. 2012

    Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Famous birthday twins

Born on December 14

Karl Carstens

b. 1914

Karl Renner

b. 1870

Tycho Brahe

b. 1546

Dilma Rousseff

b. 1947

Anna Maria Jopek

b. 1970

Hanni Wenzel

b. 1956

Stan Smith

b. 1946

Shyam Benegal

b. 1934

Deaths

  • 2025Rob Reiner
  • 1990Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  • 1989Andrei Sakharov
  • 1860George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
  • 1799George Washington
  • 1332Rinchinbal Khan

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Folcwin
  • —Christian feast day: John of the Cross
  • —Christian feast day: John III of the Sedre (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Mary Frances Schervier
  • —Christian feast day: Nicasius of Rheims
  • —Christian feast day: Nimatullah Kassab (Maronite Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Spyridon (Western Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Venantius Fortunatus

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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