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On February 14, 748: Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.

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Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.

The Abbasid revolution, was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), the second of the four major caliphates in Islamic history, by the third, the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1517).

People

Born on February 14

Jaxon Smith-Njigba 2002– American football player (born 2002)
Gabriel Moreno 2000– Venezuelan baseball player (born 2000)
Tyler Adams 1999– American soccer player (born 1999)
Jaehyun 1997– South Korean singer (born 1997)
Breel Embolo 1997– Swiss Footballer (born 1997)
Nikolaj Ehlers 1996– Danish ice hockey player (born 1996)
Poasa Faamausili 1996– New Zealand rugby league footballer
Lucas Hernandez 1996– French footballer (born 1996)
Jadeveon Clowney 1993– American football player (born 1993)
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Alberto Rosende 1993– American actor
Christian Eriksen 1992– Danish footballer (born 1992)
Freddie Highmore 1992– English actor (born 1992)
Petr Mrázek 1992– Czech ice hockey player (born 1992)
Karol G 1991– Colombian singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Daniela Mona Lambin 1991– Estonian footballer (born 1991)
Chris Babb 1990– American basketball player (born 1990)
Brett Dier 1990– Canadian actor (born 1990)
Bogdan Kiselevich 1990– Russian ice hockey player (born 1990)

People

Died on February 14

Tom Noonan American actor and director (1951–2026)
Carlos Menem President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999
William Meninger Trappist monk and spiritual teacher (1932–2021)
Andrea Levy English author (1956–2019)
Ruud Lubbers Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994
Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, 2000 to 2013
Eric Lubbock English politician (1928–2016)
Steven Stucky American composer (1949–2016)
Louis Jourdan French actor (1921–2015)
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Philip Levine American poet (1928–2015)
Franjo Mihalić Yugoslav long-distance runner
Tom Finney English international footballer (1922–2014)
Chris Pearson Canadian politician
Mike Stepovich American politician (1919–2014)
Glenn Boyer American writer (1924–2013)
Ronald Dworkin American legal philosopher (1931–2013)
Mike Bernardo South African kickboxer (1969–2012)
Tonmi Lillman Musical artist

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Every February 14 on record

  1. 748 Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.

    747–750 overthrow of the Umayyad caliphate

    The Abbasid revolution, was the overthrow of the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750), the second of the four major caliphates in Islamic history, by the third, the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1517).

  2. 763 The death of Ibrahim ibn Abdallah marks the end of the Alid revolt of 762–763.

    Leader of revolt against Abbasid Caliphate (716–763)

    Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Hasan was an Arab leader, from the lineage of the Prophet's family and from the narrators. He is often mentioned in conjunction with the name of his brother, Imam Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya the Pure Soul. This association is due to their participation in the ordeal and the revolution against Abbasid rule.

  3. 842 Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.

    King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877

    Charles the Bald was king of West Francia (843–77), king of Italy (875–77) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–77). After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis the Pious, Charles succeeded, by the Treaty of Verdun (843), in acquiring the western third of the empire. He was a grandson of Charlemagne and the youngest son of Louis the Pious by his second wife, Judith.

  4. 1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1012 to 1024

    Pope Benedict VIII was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 18 May 1012 until 1024. He was born Theophylact of Tusculum to the noble family of the counts of Tusculum. Unusually for a medieval pope, he had strong authority both in Rome and abroad.

  5. 1130 The troubled 1130 papal election exposes a rift within the College of Cardinals.

    A papal election was held on 14 February 1130, after the death of Pope Honorius II, and resulted in a double election. Part of the cardinals, led by Cardinal-Chancellor Aymery de la Châtre, elected Gregorio Papareschi as Innocent II, but the rest of them refused to recognize him and elected Cardinal Pietro Pierleoni, who took the name of Anacletus II. Although Anacletus had the support of the majority of the cardinals, the Catholic Church today considers Innocent II to have been the legitimate pope and Anacletus II the antipope.

  6. 1349 Strasbourg massacre: Several thousand Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg after being accused of causing the Black Death.
  7. 1530 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.
  8. 1556 Having been declared a heretic and laicized by Pope Paul IV on 4 December 1555, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is publicly defrocked at Christ Church Cathedral.
  9. 1556 Coronation of Akbar as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
  10. 1613 Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V of the Palatinate at Whitehall Palace, London.
  11. 1655 The Mapuches launch coordinated attacks against the Spanish in Chile beginning the Mapuche uprising of 1655.
  12. 1778 The United States flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
  13. 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Kettle Creek is fought in Georgia.
  14. 1779 James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
  15. 1797 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
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  1. 1804 Karađorđe leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.
  2. 1831 Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay.
  3. 1835 The original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in the Latter Day Saint movement, is formed in Kirtland, Ohio.
  4. 1849 In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
  5. 1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.
  6. 1855 Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
  7. 1859 Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
  8. 1876 Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
  9. 1879 The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
  10. 1899 Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  11. 1900 The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  12. 1903 The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
  13. 1912 Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  14. 1912 The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
  15. 1918 Soviet Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.

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