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On April 14, -43: Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.

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Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.

The Roman Senate was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout its existence, it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome as the Senate of the Roman Kingdom, to the Senate of the Roman Republic and Senate of the Roman Empire and eventually the Byzantine Senate of the Eastern Roman Empire, existing well into the post-classical era and Middle Ages.

People

Born on April 14

Jalen Williams 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Patrick Surtain II 2000– American football player (born 2000)
Chase Young 1999– American football player (born 1999)
D. J. Moore 1997– American football player (born 1997)
Abigail Breslin 1996– American actress (born 1996)
Baker Mayfield 1995– American football player (born 1995)
Georgie Friedrichs 1995– Australian rugby sevens player
Joe Haden 1989– American football player (born 1989)
Eric Gryba 1988– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
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Eliška Klučinová 1988– Czech heptathlete
Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football wide receiver
Anthony Modeste 1988– French footballer (born 1988)
Michael Baze 1987– American jockey (1987–2011)
Erwin Hoffer 1987– Austrian footballer
Wilson Kiprop 1987– Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1987)
Matt Derbyshire 1986– English footballer (born 1986)
Blake Costanzo 1984– American football player (born 1984)
Charles Hamelin 1984– Canadian short-track speed skater (born 1984)

People

Died on April 14

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009 (1939–2025)
Ken Holtzman American baseball pitcher (1945–2024)
Mark Sheehan Irish musician (1975–2023)
Mike Bossy Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2022)
Ilkka Kanerva Finnish politician (1948–2022)
Orlando Julius Nigerian singer and saxophonist (1943–2022)
Bernie Madoff American financier and con artist (1938–2021)
Carol D'Onofrio American public health researcher (1936–2020)
Bibi Andersson Swedish actress (1935–2019)
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Klaus Bednarz German journalist and writer (1942–2015)
Mark Reeds Canadian ice hockey player
Percy Sledge American R&B, soul and gospel singer (1940–2015)
Roberto Tucci Catholic cardinal
Nina Cassian Romanian writer
Crad Kilodney Canadian writer (1948–2014)
Wally Olins British brand consultant
Mick Staton American politician
Efi Arazi Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (born 1937)

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Every April 14 on record

  1. -43 Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.

    Political institution in ancient Rome

    The Roman Senate was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout its existence, it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome as the Senate of the Roman Kingdom, to the Senate of the Roman Republic and Senate of the Roman Empire and eventually the Byzantine Senate of the Eastern Roman Empire, existing well into the post-classical era and Middle Ages.

  2. 69 Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.

    Calendar year

    AD 69 (LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the consulship of Galba and Vinius. The denomination AD 69 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  3. 966 Following 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.

    10th-century Bohemian princess and Duchess consort of the Polans

    Doubravka of Bohemia, Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.

  4. 972 Otto II, Co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, marries Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII in Rome the same day.

    Holy Roman Emperor from 973 to 983

    Otto II, called the Red, was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy.

  5. 1205 Combined Bulgarian and Cuman army under Kalojan ambushes and defeats forces of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in the Battle of Adrianople.

    Emperor of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207

    Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ivan I, Ioannitsa or Johannitsa, the Roman-Slayer, was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207. He was the younger brother of Theodor and Asen, who led the anti-Byzantine uprising of the Bulgarians and Vlachs in 1185. The uprising ended with the restoration of Bulgaria as an independent state.

  6. 1395 Tokhtamysh–Timur war: At the Battle of the Terek River, Timur defeats the army of the Golden Horde, beginning the khanate's permanent military decline.
  7. 1471 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 resumes the throne.
  8. 1561 A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
  9. 1639 Thirty Years' War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Electorate of Saxony are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz, ending the military effectiveness of the Saxon army for the rest of the war and allowing the Swedes to advance into Bohemia.
  10. 1775 The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first abolition society in North America, is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
  11. 1793 The French troops led by Léger-Félicité Sonthonax defeat the slaves settlers in the Siege of Port-au-Prince.
  12. 1816 Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion, for which he is remembered as the country's first national hero.
  13. 1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
  14. 1858 The 1858 Christiania fire severely destroys several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania, Norway, and about 1,000 people lose their homes.
  15. 1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln dies the following day.
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  1. 1865 William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State, and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
  2. 1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas.
  3. 1890 The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
  4. 1894 The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films.
  5. 1895 The 1895 Ljubljana earthquake, both the most and last destructive earthquake in the area, occurs.
  6. 1900 The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
  7. 1906 The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.
  8. 1908 Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
  9. 1909 Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana.
  10. 1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
  11. 1929 The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
  12. 1931 The Second Spanish Republic is proclaimed and King Alfonso XIII goes into exile. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Francesc Macià proclaims the Catalan Republic.
  13. 1935 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
  14. 1940 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
  15. 1941 World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya.

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