May 14 — في هذا اليوم

Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Battle of Lewes · Henry III of England · Mise of Lewes · Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester · De facto

Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.

Battle of Agnadello · Republic of Venice

Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

Jamestown, Virginia · Colony

The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.

Protestant Union · Auhausen

Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.

Henry IV of France · Louis XIII

Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.

Louis XIV of France · Louis XIII of France

War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.

War of the Austrian Succession · Admiral (Royal Navy) · George Anson, 1st Baron Anson · First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)

In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.

Philadelphia · Constitutional Convention (United States) · United States Constitution · George Washington

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.

Edward Jenner · Smallpox · Inoculation

The process of the U.S. Government moving the United States capital city from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. begins.

U.S. Government · United States · Philadelphia · Washington, D.C.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.

Lewis and Clark Expedition · Camp Dubois · Missouri River

Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor

Paraguay · Pedro Juan Caballero (politician) · Fulgencio Yegros · José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia

The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.

Treaties of Velasco · Velasco, Texas

American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.

American Civil War · Battle of Jackson, Mississippi

Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.

Boshin War · Battle of Utsunomiya Castle · Tokugawa shogunate · Aizu · Nikkō

The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

Rugby football · Nelson, New Zealand · Nelson College

The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.

Salem witchcraft trial (1878) · Salem, Massachusetts · Christian Science

The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.

Indian indenture system · Fiji · Leonidas (ship)

Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.

Governor of New York · William Sulzer · Rockefeller Foundation · John D. Rockefeller

Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.

Virginia Woolf · Mrs Dalloway

Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.

Ådalen shootings

The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.

Philippines

Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

Lina Medina · Mother

World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.

World War II · Rotterdam · Nazi Germany · Luftwaffe

World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.

Battle of the Netherlands

World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.

Submarine · AHS Centaur

Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Israel · Provisional government · 1948 Arab-Israeli War

Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

Talyllyn Railway · Heritage railway

Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

Cold War · Communism · Soviet Union · Treaty · Warsaw Pact

Civil Rights Movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.

Civil Rights Movement · Freedom Riders · Anniston, Alabama

Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of The Red Army Faction.

Andreas Baader · Ulrike Meinhof · Gudrun Ensslin · Red Army Faction

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

Skylab · Space station

Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.

Carrollton bus collision · Drunk driving · Interstate 71 · Carrollton, Kentucky · School bus

The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.

Constitutional Court of South Korea · President of South Korea · Roh Moo-hyun

Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

Agni Air Flight CHT · Jomsom Airport · Jomsom · Nepal · Go-around

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Pope Theodore I

Pope Theodore I

Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor

Zhu Hongzhao

Pope John XII (b. 927)

Pope John XII

William Walcher, Bishop of Durham

William Walcher · Bishop of Durham

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)

Charles VIII of Sweden

Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (b. 1514)

Tahmasp I

Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1543)

Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Henry IV of France (b. 1553)

Henry IV of France

Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)

Louis XIII of France

Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)

Friedrich Spanheim

Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)

Georges de Scudéry

Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)

Antoine Furetière

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)

Thomas Simpson

Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)

Fanny Mendelssohn

Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)

Ludwig Bechstein

Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)

Gideon Brecher

Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)

Ōkubo Toshimichi

Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)

Mary Seacole

Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)

Volney Howard

Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)

Ernst Kummer

Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)

Carl Schurz · United States Secretary of the Interior

Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)

Frederick VIII of Denmark

August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)

August Strindberg

James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)

James Gordon Bennett, Jr.

Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)

Henry J. Heinz · H. J. Heinz Company

N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)

N. G. Chandavarkar

Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)

Charles de Freycinet · Prime Minister of France

David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)

David Belasco

Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)

Lou Criger

Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)

Magnus Hirschfeld

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby · List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Egypt

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)

Emma Goldman

Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)

Menno ter Braak

Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)

Henri La Fontaine · Nobel Peace Prize

Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)

Heber J. Grant · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)

Wolfgang Lüth

Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)

Isis Pogson

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Heinz Guderian, Polish-German general (b. 1888)

Heinz Guderian

Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)

Joan Malleson

Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)

Marie Vassilieff

Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)

Sidney Bechet

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)

Lucrezia Bori

Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)

Florence Auer

Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)

Husband E. Kimmel

Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)

Enid Bennett

Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)

Frederick Lane

Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)

Billie Burke

Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)

Jean Gebser

Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)

Keith Relf

Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)

Jean Rhys

Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)

Hugh Griffith

Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)

Hugh Beaumont

Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)

Roger J. Traynor · Chief Justice of California

Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)

Miguel Alemán Valdés · President of Mexico

Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)

Ted Hicks · List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand

Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)

Walter Rauff · SS

Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)

Rita Hayworth

Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)

Vitomil Zupan

Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958) (b. 1886)

Willem Drees · Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)

Nie Rongzhen · Mayor of Beijing

William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)

William Randolph Hearst, Jr.

Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)

Cihat Arman

W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)

W. Graham Claytor Jr. · United States Secretary of the Navy

Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

Christian B. Anfinsen · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)

Harry Blackstone Jr.

Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)

Boris Parsadanian

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)

Frank Sinatra

Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)

Keizō Obuchi · Prime Minister of Japan

Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)

Paul Bénichou

Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)

Gil Langley

Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)

Dave DeBusschere

Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)

Wendy Hiller

Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)

Robert Stack

Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)

Anna Lee

Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)

Lew Anderson

Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)

Stanley Kunitz

Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)

Eva Norvind

Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)

Mary Scheier

Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)

Ülo Jõgi

Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)

Will Elder

Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)

Frank J. Dodd · New Jersey Senate

Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)

Norman Hand

Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)

Goh Keng Swee · Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Ernst Hinterberger

Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)

Mario Trejo

Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)

Wayne Brown (politician) · Mayor of Mesa, Arizona

Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)

Arsen Chilingaryan

Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)

Asghar Ali Engineer

Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)

Ray Guy (humorist)

Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)

Jeffrey Kruger

Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)

Emanuel Raymond Lewis

Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)

Morvin Simon

B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)

B.B. King

Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)

Micheál O'Brien

Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)

Stanton J. Peale

Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)

Franz Wright

Darwyn Cooke, American comic book writer and artist (b. 1962)

Darwyn Cooke

Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)

Powers Boothe