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On May 14, 1027: Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.

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Featured moment · 1027

Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.

Robert II, called the Pious or the Wise, was king of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned junior king in 987, he assisted his father on military matters. His solid education, provided by Gerbert of Aurillac in Reims, allowed him to deal with religious questions of which he quickly became the guarantor.

People

Born on May 14

Zach Edey 2002– Canadian basketball player (born 2002)
Jack Hughes 2001– American ice hockey player (born 2001)
Rúben Dias 1997– Portuguese footballer (born 1997)
Blake Brockington 1996– American transgender activist (1996–2015)
Martin Garrix 1996– Dutch DJ and record producer (born 1996)
Pokimane 1996– Moroccan and Canadian influencer (born 1996)
Rose Lavelle 1995– American soccer player (born 1995)
Marquinhos 1994– Brazilian footballer (born 1994)
Pernille Blume 1994– Danish swimmer (born 1994)
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Bronte Campbell 1994– Australian swimmer (born 1994)
Miranda Cosgrove 1993– American actress and producer (born 1993)
Kyle Freeland 1993– American baseball player (born 1993)
Kristina Mladenovic 1993– French tennis player (born 1993)
Rob Gronkowski 1989– American football player (born 1989)
François Steyn 1987– South African rugby union player
Clay Matthews III 1986– American football player (born 1986)
Dustin Lynch 1985– American country music singer
Sam Perrett 1985– NZ international rugby league footballer

People

Died on May 14

Don Perlin American comic book artist and writer (1929–2024)
Netiporn Sanesangkhom Thai political activist (1995–2024)
Doyle Brunson American poker player (1933–2023)
Tim Conway American actor and comedian (1933–2019)
Grumpy Cat Cat and internet meme celebrity (2012–2019)
Tom Wolfe American author and journalist (1930–2018)
Powers Boothe American actor (1948–2017)
Darwyn Cooke Canadian cartoonist (1962–2016)
B.B. King American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
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Micheál O'Brien Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
Stanton J. Peale American astrophysicist, planetary scientist (1937–2015)
Franz Wright American poet
Jeffrey Kruger British entertainment business executive
Emanuel Raymond Lewis American historian
Morvin Simon New Zealand composer and historian (1944–2014)
Wayne Brown American politician (1936–2013)
Arsen Chilingaryan Soviet Armenian footballer
Asghar Ali Engineer Indian activist (1939–2013)

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Every May 14 on record

  1. 1027 Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.

    King of the Franks from 996 to 1031

    Robert II, called the Pious or the Wise, was king of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned junior king in 987, he assisted his father on military matters. His solid education, provided by Gerbert of Aurillac in Reims, allowed him to deal with religious questions of which he quickly became the guarantor.

  2. 1097 The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.

    Part of the First Crusade (1097)

    The siege of Nicaea was the first major battle of the First Crusade, taking place from 14 May to 19 June 1097. The city was under the control of the Seljuk Turks who opted to surrender to the Byzantines in fear of the crusaders breaking into the city. The siege was followed by the Battle of Dorylaeum and the Siege of Antioch, all taking place in modern Turkey.

  3. 1264 Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.

    1264 battle of the Second Barons' War

    The Battle of Lewes was one of two main battles of the conflict known as the Second Barons' War. It took place at Lewes in Sussex, on 14 May 1264. It marked the high point of the career of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and made him the "uncrowned King of England".

  4. 1450 A large Ottoman force begins the siege of Albanian rebel forces in Krujë, that ultimately will fail.

    Turkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)

    The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century, centred in modern-day Turkey. It also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

  5. 1465 During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the population of Fez, though the extent of the massacre is debated.

    Uprising and end of the Marinid dynasty

    The 1465 Fez revolt was a popular uprising in the Marinid capital of Fez against Sultan Abd al-Haqq II, the final ruler of the Marinid dynasty, and his Jewish vizier, Harun ibn Batash.

  6. 1509 Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.
  7. 1607 English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.
  8. 1608 The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
  9. 1610 Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
  10. 1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
  11. 1796 Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
  12. 1800 The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the Federal government of the United States from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.
  13. 1804 William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.
  14. 1811 Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
  15. 1832 The Battle of Stillman's Run, the first battle of the Black Hawk War, was fought.
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  1. 1836 The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
  2. 1842 The first edition of The Illustrated London News, the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine, was published.
  3. 1857 Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma in Mandalay, Burma.
  4. 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces drive Confederates under Joseph E. Johnston out of Jackson, Mississippi in the Battle of Jackson.
  5. 1868 Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
  6. 1870 The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  7. 1878 The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
  8. 1879 The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
  9. 1900 Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games.
  10. 1913 Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  11. 1915 The May 14 Revolt takes place in Lisbon, Portugal.
  12. 1918 Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  13. 1925 Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, was published.
  14. 1931 Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  15. 1935 The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.

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