March 14 in History – What happened on 14 March in Past
✅ Published on March 14th, 2021 in March in History 14 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 14, the day number in a year is 73 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 74. March 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.
March 14 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1489 | Queen of Cyprus Catherine Cornaro was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the island to the Republic of Venice. |
| 1653 | Commander Johann Van Galen of the Netherlands defeated the British fleet in the Anglo-Dutch War. |
| 1728 | Jean-Jacques Russo left Geneva for the first time. |
| 1757 | British Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was court-martialled andexecuted by firing squad when he failed to 'do his utmost' during theBattle of Minorca at the start of the Seven Years' War. |
| 1794 | American inventor Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin, the first ever machine that quickly and easily separated cotton fibers from their seedpods. |
| 1794 | Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gene. |
| 1800 | Cardinal Barna Chiaramonti Pius VII was crowned as the 251st Pope in Venice on 21 March. |
| 1826 | The General Congress of South American States met in Panama. |
| 1833 | Hobbs Taylor was the first dentist born. |
| 1834 | John Herschel discovers the now open cluster of stars, now known as NGC 3603, from the Cape of Good Hope. |
| 1879 | The rich Albert Einstein was born in a middle-class family in the city of Ulm, Germany. |
| 1885 | The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performedSavoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London. |
| 1910 | Oil prospectors in Kern County, California, drilled into apressurized oil deposit, resulting in the largest accidental oil spillin history. |
| 1915 | First World War-British forces cornered and sank the SMSDresden, the last remnant of the German East Asia Squadron, near theChilean island of Más a Tierra. |
| 1917 | The Republic of China ended diplomatic relations with Germany. |
| 1926 | 248 people died and 93 were injured in a train accident in the Latin American country of Costa Rica. |
| 1931 | Alam Ara, the first Indian film with sound, was released. |
| 1931 | India's first speaking film, Alamara, was screened in Bombay (now Bombay). |
| 1937 | Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical Mit brennender Sorge,condemning antisemitism, criticizing Nazism, listing breaches of anagreement signed with the Roman Catholic Church. |
| 1941 | Britain severed diplomatic relations with Bulgaria. |
| 1945 | The British Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000lb (9.98 t) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railroad viaduct inBielefeld, Germany. |
| 1953 | Nikita Khrushchev was elected the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. |
| 1955 | Prince Mahendra became the king of Nepal. |
| 1965 | Indian film actor Aamir Khan was born. |
| 1972 | Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for hisdecision to translate and publish Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivagoafter it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, was killed in anexplosion. |
| 1978 | Israeli–Lebanese conflict-The Israel Defense Forces beganOperation Litani, invading and occupying southern Lebanon, and pushingPLO troops north up to the Litani River. |
| 1983 | OPEC, a group of oil producing countries, cut oil prices for the first time in 23 years. |
| 1988 | China defeated Vietnam in a naval battle as the formerattempted to establish oceanographic observation posts on the SpratlyIslands. |
| 1988 | A special day for math lovers \ Pie Day \ was celebrated for the first time. |
| 1989 | FWD in place of Peter Botha by South African National Party. Clarke was made president. |
| 1990 | Mrs. Earth Pascal Trewil became the first female President of Haiti. |
| 1991 | The 'Birmingham Six', wrongly convicted of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings in England, were released after sixteen years in prison. |
| 1994 | Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu was kidnapped. |
| 1995 | For the first time, there are 13 people in space. |
| 1997 | 80 people were killed as Iranian military plane crashed. |
| 1997 | Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson wins the 67th James E. Sullivan Award. |
| 1997 | President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery. |
| 1998 | Sonia Gandhi became Congress President for the first time. |
| 2004 | The constitution was amended to provide legal recognition to private property in China. |
| 2007 | Kargil and Skardu agreed to start a bus service between India and Pakistan. |
| 2008 | A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupted inLhasa and elsewhere in Tibet. |
| 2008 | The Victory Group acquired the UK's famous switchgear manufacturer \ Craig & Dericar \. |
| 2010 | No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in central Japan. |
| 2011 | The Tokyo stock exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake. |
| 2012 | Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995. |
| 2013 | China’s CPC General Secretary XI Jinping is named as the new President of the People’s Republic of China, with Li Yuanchao named as Vice President. |
| 2014 | The U.S plans to let its contract with ICANN expire next year; this would end U.S authority over the internet. |
Famous Birthdays of March 14 😀:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1979 | Dan Avidan / Musician / United States of America |
| 1908 | Maurice Merleau-Ponty / Philosopher / France |
| 1977 | Vadims Fjodorovs / Footballer / Latvia |
| 1993 | Philipp Ziereis / Footballer / Germany |
| 1638 | Johann Georg Gichtel / Mystic / Germany |
| 1956 | Tessa Sanderson / Javelin Thrower / Jamaica |
| 1823 | Théodore de Banville / Poet / France |
| 1886 | Firmin Lambot / Cyclist / Belgium |
| 1976 | Daniel Gillies / Actor / Canada |
| 1844 | Arthur O'Shaughnessy / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1959 | Laila Robins / Actress / United States of America |
| 1965 | Aamir Khan / Actor / India |
| 1987 | Robert Clark / Actor / United States of America |
| 1929 | Bob Goalby / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1914 | Lee Hays / Writer / United States of America |
| 1968 | Megan Follows / Actress / United States of America |
| 1912 | Cliff Bastin / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1978 | Pieter van den Hoogenband / Swimmer / Netherlands |
| 1944 | Boris Brott / Composer / Canada |
| 1904 | Doris Eaton Travis / Actress / United States of America |
| 1979 | Nicolas Anelka / Footballer / France |
| 1977 | Aki Hoshino / Author / Japan |
| 1982 | Carlos Marinelli / Footballer / Argentina |
| 1977 | Jeremy Paul / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1980 | Aaron Brown / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1989 | Colby O'Donis / Writer / United States of America |
| 1944 | Tom Stannage / Academic / Australia |
| 1963 | Bruce Reid / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1887 | Sylvia Beach / Publisher / United States of America |
| 1966 | Gary Anthony Williams / Actor / United States of America |
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Aapane abhi padha: 14 March Ki Pramukh Aitihasik Ghatnayen.
Read in Hindi : 14 मार्च की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं