SomeFacts | July 14

On this day - July 14

982 — King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim ...

1223 — Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his ...

1420 — Battle of Vítkov Hill, decisive victory of Czech Hussite ...

1430 — Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over ...

1596 — Anglo-Spanish War: English and Dutch troops sack the Spanish ...

1769 — An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in San ...

1771 — Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern ...

1789 — Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the ...

1790 — Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity ...

1791 — Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham ...

1798 — The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the United States ...

1808 — The Finnish War: the Battle of Lapua is fought.

1853 — Opening of the first major US world's fair, the ...

1865 — The first ascent of the Matterhorn is completed by Edward ...

1874 — The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, ...

1881 — American outlaw Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Sheriff ...

1900 — Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during ...

1902 — The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also ...

1902 — Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu ...

1911 — Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is ...

1915 — Beginning of the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence between ...

1916 — Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle ...

1933 — Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the ...

1933 — In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes ...

1942 — In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" ...

1943 — In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National ...

1948 — Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is ...

1950 — Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.

1951 — Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the ...

1957 — Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, ...

1958 — In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown ...

1960 — Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11 ditches off Polillo ...

1960 — Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in ...

1965 — Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of ...

1983 — Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super ...

2001 — Rus Flight 9633 crashes during takeoff from Chkalovsky ...

2001 — Australian criminal Bradley John Murdoch murders British ...

2002 — French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination ...

2013 — Dedication of statue of Rachel Carson, a sculpture named for ...

2015 — NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of ...

2016 — A man ploughs a truck into a Bastille Day celebration in Nice, ...

2019 — A GippsAero GA8 Airvan crashes in Umeå, Sweden, killing all ...