On April 14, history records 58 notable events, 233 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 193 to 1561.
Events on this day include: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). (193); After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the f... (966).
Notable people born on April 14 include Averroes (1126), Henry I of Castile (1204), Jeanne-Marie de Maille (1331).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope Sergius III (911), Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (1070), Conrad (Bishop of Utrecht) (1099).
Events on 14 April 58
See all →Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
Co-Emperor Otto II, a son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome.
Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V, Marquess of Saluzzo.
In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
A Celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
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Birthdays on 14 April 233
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Deaths on 14 April 95
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