On October 14, history records 65 notable events, 226 famous births and 104 deaths, spanning the years 1066 to 1806.
Events on this day include: Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings: In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army... (1066); Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. (1322).
Notable people born on October 14 include Przemysł II (1257), Marie of Anjou (1404), Alesso Baldovinetti (1425).
Notable figures who died on this day include Antipope Dioscorus (530), Shi Yuanzhong (841), Pang Xun (869).
Events on 14 October 65
See all →Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings: In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.
Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England.
Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.
The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.
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Birthdays on 14 October 226
See all →Deaths on 14 October 104
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