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On October 14, 1066: The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.

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Featured moment · 1066

The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.

The Norman Conquest of England was an 11th-century invasion by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

People

Born on October 14

Rowan Blanchard 2001– American actress (born 2001)
Quinn Hughes 1999– American ice hockey player (born 1999)
Ariela Barer 1998– American actress and screenwriter (born 1998)
Joe Burgess 1994– England international rugby league footballer
Jaelen Feeney 1994– Indigenous Australian rugby league footballer
Jared Goff 1994– American football player (born 1994)
Ashton Agar 1993– Australian cricketer (born 1993)
Charlie Kirk 1993– American political activist (1993–2025)
Ahmed Musa 1992– Nigerian footballer (born 1992)
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Jordan Clark 1990– English cricketer
Arca 1989– Venezuelan musician (born 1989)
Glenn Maxwell 1988– Australian cricketer (born 1988)
Max Thieriot 1988– American actor (born 1988)
Jay Pharoah 1987– American actor & comedian (born 1987)
Tom Craddock 1986– English footballer
Wesley Matthews 1986– American basketball player (born 1986)
Skyler Shaye 1986– American actress
Alexandre Sarnes Negrão 1985– Brazilian racing driver (born 1985)

People

Died on October 14

Thomas J. Donohue American business executive (1938–2024)
Tina Kaidanow American diplomat (1965–2024)
Janet Nelson British historian (1942–2024)
Philip Zimbardo American social psychologist (1933–2024)
Robbie Coltrane Scottish actor (1950–2022)
Lee Wan-koo South Korean politician (1950–2021)
Harold Bloom American critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
Sulli South Korean singer and actress (1994–2019)
Helen Kelly New Zealand trade unionist
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Nurlan Balgimbayev Kazakh politician (1947–2015)
Mathieu Kérékou Beninese politician, former president (1933–2015)
Margaret Keyes Iowa historian and educator
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani Indian Navy Admiral
A. H. Halsey British sociologist (1923-2014)
Leonard Liggio American libertarian author (1933–2014)
Elizabeth Peña American actress (1959–2014)
Wally Bell American baseball umpire (1965–2013)
Max Cahner German-Catalan historian and politician (born 1936)

Timeline

Every October 14 on record

  1. 1066 The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.

    11th-century invasion of England

    The Norman Conquest of England was an 11th-century invasion by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

  2. 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.

    King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329

    Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully during his reign to restore Scotland to an independent kingdom and is regarded in Scotland as a national hero.

  3. 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

    Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567

    Mary, Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication on 24 July 1567.

  4. 1656 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends.

    State legislature of Massachusetts

    The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. The name "General Court" is a holdover from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat also as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, it was called the Great and General Court, but the official title was shortened in the drafting of the state constitution by John Adams.

  5. 1758 Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.

    Global war among European powers (1756–1763)

    The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent. The warring states were Great Britain and Prussia fighting against France and Austria, with other countries joining these coalitions: Portugal, Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia. Related conflicts include the Third Silesian War, French and Indian War, Third Carnatic War, Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), and Spanish–Portuguese War.

  6. 1773 The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  7. 1774 American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
  8. 1791 The revolutionary group the United Irishmen is formed in Belfast, Ireland leading to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
  9. 1805 War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm.
  10. 1806 War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
  11. 1808 The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
  12. 1809 The Treaty of Schönbrunn is signed, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition, the final successful war in Napoleon Bonaparte's military career.
  13. 1843 Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy.
  14. 1863 American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia.
  15. 1884 George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
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  1. 1888 Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
  2. 1898 The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
  3. 1908 The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
  4. 1910 English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
  5. 1912 Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  6. 1913 Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
  7. 1915 World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
  8. 1920 Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
  9. 1923 After the Irish Civil War the 1923 Irish hunger strikes were undertaken by thousands of Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial.
  10. 1930 The former and first President of Finland, K. J. Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement.
  11. 1933 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.
  12. 1939 World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
  13. 1940 World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz.
  14. 1942 World War II: The German submarine U-69 (1940) sinks the Canadian passenger ferry SS Caribou approximately 20 nautical miles southwest of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.
  15. 1943 World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout.

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