On February 14, history records 64 notable events, 191 famous births and 94 deaths, spanning the years 748 to 1556.
Events on this day include: Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbas... (748); Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages. (842).
Notable people born on February 14 include Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel (1408).
Notable figures who died on this day include Saints Cyril and Methodius (885), Lian Chongyu (945), Zhu Wenjin (945).
Events on 14 February 64
See all →Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.
Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg.
Richard II of England dies, most probably from starvation, in Pontefract Castle, on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke.
Spanish Inquisition: The Catholic Monarchs issue a decree forcing Muslims in Granada to convert to Catholicism or leave Spain.
Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico.
Birthdays on 14 February 191
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Deaths on 14 February 94
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