May 14 Historical Events

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

Found 38 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1264
  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.
• 1509
  Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
• 1607
  Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
• 1608
  The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
• 1610
  Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
• 1643
  Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
• 1747
  War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
• 1787
  In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
• 1796
  Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
• 1804
  The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
• 1811
  Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
• 1836
  The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
• 1863
  American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
• 1868
  Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
• 1870
  The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

• 1879
  The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• 1889
  The children’s charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
• 1897
  The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia.
• 1913
  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.
• 1925
  Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• 1931
  Ådalen shootings: Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
• 1935
  The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
• 1939
  Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• 1940
  World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
• 1940
  World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
• 1940
  The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.
• 1943
  World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
• 1948
  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.
• 1951
  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.
• 1955
  Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.