Historical Events on August 14 with Full Detail

in busy-pay •  7 years ago 

Hi friends today i some historical detail of 14 august. We are Pakistani and we only think that 14 August is only for Pakistan no it is not true because establishment of pakistan is in the list of 14 august date's Events.
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Some of these are here:

All happenings are on 14 August That's why Date is no important..

  • 554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantine military governor in Italy.

  • 1040 King Duncan I of Scotland killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth (not murdered in his sleep as in Shakespeare's play). The latter does succeed him as King.

  • 1183 Taira no Munemori and Taira clan take young Emperor Antoku and 3 sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape Minamoto clan (Traditional Japanese date: 25th Day of the 7th Month of the 2nd Year of Juei).

  • 1281 During Kublai Khan's Second Invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan.

  • 1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence.

  • 1395 Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden.

  • 1498 Christopher Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in what is now Venezuela.

  • 1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)

  • 1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli

  • 1559 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay, Fla

  • 1585 Queen Elizabeth I of England refuses sovereignty of Netherlands.

  • 1590 Publication of Christopher Marlowe's play "Tamburlaine the Great" is recorded by Stationers' Company of London.

  • 1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java

  • 1813 British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus

  • 1816 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha

  • 1820 1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC

  • 1885 Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

  • 1903 James J. Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

  • 1910 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.

  • 1932 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes

  • 1935 Social Security Act becomes law

  • 1941 US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter.

  • 1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa.

  • 1947 Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000.

  • 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain.

  • 1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain

  • 1948 England all out for 52 v Australia at Cricket Oval

  • 1958 Cleve Indian, Vic Power steals home twice in 1 game

  • 1986 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested

  • 2008 Australian women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer & Linda Mackenzie swims world record 7:44.31 to beat China and take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics

Many Of Events are not wrote yet because these are upto 150 or more Events yet....

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Perfect collection of event

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