On This Day in History for July 14
Events in History
- 982 King Otto II and his Frankish army defeated in pitched battle with Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy
- 1077 Bayeux Tapestry likely first goes on display to decorate the nave during the consecration of Notre-Dame of Bayeux Cathedral, Bayeux, Normandy [1]
- 1223 Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II
- 1420 Battle at Vitkov Zizka's hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia
- 1535 Emperor Charles V conquers Tunis
- 1570 Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the Latin mass), a reform of the Council of Trent. Will remain unchanged for 400 years.
- 1581 English Jesuit priest Edmund Campion arrested for sedition in Anglican England (later hung, drawn and quartered)
- 1698 The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama
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Gertrude Bell
Ante Pavelić
Gerald Ford
Ben EnwonwuWeddings in History
- 1429 Duke Philip the Good (33) weds Isabella of Portugal (32) by proxy (he in Burgundy, she in Portugal)
- 1820 British PM Robert Peel (32) weds Sir John Floyd's daughter Julia at St George's, Hanover Square in London
- 1930 1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (61) weds second wife Maria Agoncillo (51) at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Johan Willem Friso
Billy the Kid
Paul Kruger
Adlai Stevenson II
Cicely SaundersJuly in History
Bastille Day
Storming of the Bastille
July 14, 1789
France Celebrates Bastille Day
July 14 is Bastille Day, marking the fall in 1789 of the massive Paris fortress, the start of the French Revolution and the end of the country’s monarchy.
July 14, 1789
Emmeline Pankhurst: Trailblazer for Women's Right To Vote
The founder of the Suffragette movement in Britain was born on this day. Sadly, Emmeline Pankhurst would not live to see equal voting rights for all women.
July 15, 1858
Battle of Grunwald
Battle of Grunwald, a painting by Jan Matejko
July 15, 1410