According to Gregory calendar, on August 14, the day number in a year is 227 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 228. August 14 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

Important Historical Events of 14 August in the World ⚡

Event YearIncident/Event
1523Saint John I held the position of Pope, the supreme master of Catholicism.
1758Battle of Zorndorf: Prussia defeated Russia in which thousands died.
1762The British captured the ferry community of Havana.
1816The United Kingdom, ruling the Cape Colony in South Africa, formally canceled Triston da Kunhartiyplago.
1825Diesel was discovered by renowned physicist and chemist Michael Faraday of Britain.
1862Bombay High Court was established.
1875The Society of Regret Africans was founded in Pearl.
1876Colorado was accepted as the 38th US state.
1880Construction of Cologne Cathedral - Germany was the most visited - it was completed 632 years after it started.
1888A recording by the English musician Arthur Sulivan's The Lostchide (Audio Clip Wright), which was one of the first recording of music during a press conference starting from Thomas Edison's Eponograph in London.
1893France Motor Vehicle Registration was introduced which included a driving test.
1904Ismail Montes became President of Bolivia South America.
1908The first beauty pageant was held in Folkestone, England.
1917The Republic of China declared war with Germany and Austria in Hungary.
1917China declared war against Germany and Austria during the First World War.
1920The Olympic Games began in Antwerp, Belgium.
1934Combat Cross went to the New York Police Department.
1941After a secret meeting on warships, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin. The Roosevelt (suspended) released the Atlantic Charter, despite the fact that the United Nations started the war after World War II.
1942A large number of German soldiers attacked Stalingrad, and the German submarines were fighting a three -day battle with British ships. The British said that their aircraft carriers, 'Eagle' were destroyed. In western Greece, American attackers attacked a Nazi warship.
1966U.S. The Lunar Orbiter was designed to capture pictures of the moon landscape to prepare the American astronauts to land on the lunar landscape.
1968Morarji Desai was awarded Pakistan's highest civilian honor, Nishan-e-Pakistan.
1975The film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which has been released even today, is the history of the longest -lasting theatrical release film in Los Angeles.
197915 sailors died during the Fastnet race.
1979A fierce storm with seven winds has still reported the missing and at least 3 deaths with more than 150 boats. Fastnet is the last in the series of five races which is the World Championship of the Admiral Cup competition, boat racing.
1980Latch Walsa and her colleagues started the strikes at the Dansk Shipyard, after which solidaritovments were established in Poland.
1994International fugitive Carlos the Jacquel, a number -off in Europe wanted for terrorist attacks, was handed over to French agents Basudani officials.
1995Iran's official news agency, IRNA, says Iran is not able to sell 200 million barrels of crude oil per day since the US approval.
2005Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed on a mountain in North Marathon and Varano in Greece, killing all 121 people.
2006The United Nations violated a ceasefire in Lebanon Warbaton Lebanon and Israel.
2007Yeno Minagawa of Japan, the world's oldest woman, passed away.
2007The Shanghai cooperation of the Central Asian countries includes the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which are found in the capital of Bishkek to talk on security issues.
2007Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks exploded at Irakitown in Kahatania and Jazeera, killing 796 people and injuring 1,562 others.
2008The Consumer Price Index in the United States increases .8 percent in July 2008, the annual inflation rate is 5.6 percent, the highest in 17 years.
2009Pakistan starts its first international freight train service from Islamabad to Istanbul.
2010The first Summer Youth Olympic Games were started in Singapore.
2010The United Nations says that there is a hungry crisis worse than 2005 in the history of Niger, which killed thousands of people from hunger.
2010The inaugural youth Olympic Games in Singapore took place between 14 and 18 years.
2011Famous actor Shammi Kapoor of Hindi film industry passed away.
2013638 people died in violent clashes between police and protesters in Egypt.
2013Egypt announced the situation of Emergency as security forces killed hundreds of protesters supporting former President Mohammad Mursi.

Important Historical Events of 14 August in India ⚡

Event YearIncident/Event
1842American Indian War-American General William J. WorthDelkar ended the Second Seminol War.
1947India was partitioned and Pakistan became a separate nation.
1947The colony of Pakistan and Bangladesh gain formal independence from Great Britain, as the British have withdrawn from the Indian Empire.
1956Indian comedian Johnny Lever was born.

Important Days of 14 August National & International Days 🏁

Day/ObservanceLevel
Pakistan Independence DayNational Day
Partition Horrors Remembrance DayNational Day
Pakistan Independence Day (Youm-e-Azadi)National Day

Famous People's Birthdays on 14 August 😀

Birth YearName/Category/Country
1911Vethathiri Maharishi / Philosopher / India
1957Johnny Lever / Actor / India
1968Pravin Amre / Cricketer / India

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