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The following events took place on February 14. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 63 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 748

  Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
• 842

  Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
• 1014

  Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1076

  Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1349

  Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
• 1400

  Richard II of England dies, most probably from starvation, in Pontefract Castle, on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke.
• 1556

  Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
• 1778

  The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• 1779

  American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
• 1779

  James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 1797

  French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent – John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
• 1804

  Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
• 1831

  Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
• 1835

  The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
• 1849

  In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
• 1852

  Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
• 1855

  Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
• 1859

  Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
• 1876

  Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 1879

  The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• 1899

  Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
• 1900

  Second Boer War: In South Africa, 20,000 British troops invade the Orange Free State.
• 1903

  The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
• 1912

  Arizona is admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
• 1912

  In Groton, Connecticut, the first diesel-powered submarine is commissioned.
• 1918

  The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (on 1 February according to the Julian calendar).
• 1919

  The Polish–Soviet War begins.
• 1920

  The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
• 1924

  The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
• 1929

  Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago.

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