Events on 14 March 37
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Emperor Jin Huidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao).
Year 1381
Chioggia concludes an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Venice, which becomes changed in 1412 in Šibenik.
Year 1590
Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under Charles, Duke of Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion.
Year 1757
Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War.
Year 1780
American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana.
Year 1782
Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2
Birthdays on 14 March 199
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Wilhelm II, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen
b. 1415 – d. 1444
Wilhelm II, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1444)
Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
b. 1418 – d. 1492
Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1492)
Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
b. 1473 – d. 1512
Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1512)
Eric of Lorraine
b. 1576 – d. 1623
Eric of Lorraine, Bishop of Verdun (d. 1623)
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Johann Georg Gichtel
b. 1638 – d. 1710
Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)
Giuseppe Crespi
b. 1665 – d. 1747
Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
Georg Philipp Telemann
b. 1681 – d. 1767
Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
Ludwig Emil Grimm
b. 1790 – d. 1863
Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
James Bogardus
b. 1800 – d. 1874
James Bogardus, American inventor and architect (d. 1874)
Kristjan Jaak Peterson
b. 1801 – d. 1822
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)
Johann Strauss I
b. 1804 – d. 1849
Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
Joseph P. Bradley
b. 1813 – d. 1892
Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
Deaths on 14 March 74
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Emperor Huai of Jin
d. 313 (b. 284)
Emperor Huai of Jin (b. 284)
Leobinus
d. 557
Leobinus, bishop of Chartres
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Li Lin (prince)
d. 757
Li Lin, prince of the Tang dynasty
Einhard
d. 840
Einhard, Frankish scholar
Matilda of Ringelheim
d. 968 (b. 895)
Matilda of Ringelheim, Frankish queen and saint (b. 895)
Henry VIII the Sparrow
d. 1397
Henry VIII the Sparrow, Duke of Żagań-Głogów (b.c. 1357)
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Jingtai Emperor
d. 1457 (b. 1428)
Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
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Thomas Malory
d. 1471 (b. 1405)
Thomas Malory, English author and politician (b. 1405)
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
d. 1555 (b. 1485)
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (b. 1485)
John Sigismund Zápolya
d. 1571 (b. 1540)
John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary (d. 1571)
Tokugawa Hidetada
d. 1632 (b. 1579)
Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shogun (d. 1632)
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
d. 1647 (b. 1584)
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)