In history, year 1914 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1914.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 07 february | The film Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor Charlie Chaplin's character 'The Tramp, was released. |
| 28 february | In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. |
| 07 march | Prussian William of Wied began his short reign as sovereignprince of the newly independent state of Albania. |
| 20 april | A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Massacre. |
| 21 april | Mexican Revolution The United States detained a German steamer carrying material for the Mexican federal government. |
| 24 april | The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar in the development of quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society. |
| 01 may | On 1 May 1914, A constitutional compact has been produced by a body of 66 men from cabinet to replace China’s provisional constitution after a formal dis-solvent of Chinese Parliament. New Legal system gave unlimited powers to Yuan Shikai, the first President of the Republic of China, over China’s military, finances, foreign policy, and the citizen’s rights. |
| 17 may | Albania officially recognized the area of Northern Epirus as anautonomous region with in the Albanian state, which was never established due to World War I. |
| 25 may | The British parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act,establishing a devolved government in Ireland. |
| 29 may | The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the SaintLawrence River after colliding with the Storstad, killing 1,012 onboard. |
| 28 june | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip during amotorcade in Sarajevo, sparking the outbreak of World War I. |
| 29 june | During the second day of the anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo, numerous buildings owned by ethnic Serbs were vandalized and looted. |
| 30 june | Mahatma Gandhi arrested first time during campaigning for rights in South Africa. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. |
| 11 july | USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first 'super-dreadnought', was launched. |
| 23 july | Austria-Hungary presented Serbia with an ultimatum to allowthem to investigate the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, thatSerbia would ultimately reject, leading to World War I. |
| 27 july | Felix Manalo established the modern-day Iglesia ni Cristoreligion, an independent, nontrinitarian Christian church, in the Philippines. |
| 28 july | Austria-Hungary declared war after rejecting Serbia'sconditional acceptance of only part of the July Ultimatum following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, starting World War I. |
| 03 august | World War I: Germany declares war against France. |
| 09 august | World War I-France launched its first attack of the war in anultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the province of Alsace from Germany. |
| 15 august | The Panama Canal, that links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was officially opened. The construction of this canal began in 1880 by French Engineers, but after 20,000 workers died of malaria and yellow fever the French stopped the construction. Hence, American money and engineers completed the project. |
| 23 august | In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force defeated German troops in Mons, Belgium. |
| 28 august | In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships defeated the German fleet in the Heligoland Bight area of the North Sea. |
| 30 august | World War I-The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almostcomplete destruction of the Russian Second Army by the German Eighth Army. |
| 01 september | The passenger pigeon, which once had a population of at least3 billion birds, became extinct, when the last individual died incaptivity. |
| 05 september | World War I-The First Battle of the Marne began with French forces engaging the advancing German army at the Marne River near Paris. |
| 11 september | During the First World War, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka. |
| 14 september | HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, waslost at sea; its wreck has never been found. |
| 17 september | Andrew Fisher became Prime Minister of Australia for the thirdtime, beginning a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth untilthe 1940s. |
| 17 september | Andrew Fisher, whose previous term as Prime Minister ofAustralia oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth untilthe 1940s, became Prime Minister for the third time. |
| 22 september | World War I-German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 02 December | Bill Erwin / Actor / United States of America |
| 02 July | Erich Topp / Army Officer / Germany |
| 05 June | Beatrice de Cardi / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 05 January | George Reeves / Actor / United States of America |
| 08 March | Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich / Astronomer / Russia |
| 10 July | Joe Shuster / Illustrator / United States of America |
| 11 February | Matt Dennis / Writer / United States of America |
| 13 April | Orhan Veli Kanık / Poet / Turkey |
| 13 August | Grace Bates / Academic / United States of America |
| 14 January | Harold Russell / Actor / United States of America |
| 15 May | Norrie Paramor / Producer / United Kingdom |
| 18 May | Boris Christoff / Singer / Italy |
| 18 November | Haguroyama Masaji / Wrestler / Japan |
| 18 January | Arno Schmidt / Author / Germany |
| 21 March | Paul Tortelier / Composer / France |
| 23 July | Elly Annie Schneider / Actress / United States of America |
| 24 February | Ralph Erskine / Architect / United Kingdom |
| 24 November | Bessie Blount Griffin / Scientist / United States of America |
| 26 October | Jackie Coogan / Actor / United States of America |
| 30 March | Sonny Boy Williamson I / Writer / United States of America |
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 24 October | Lakshmi Sahgal / Revolutionist / India |
| 25 September | Devi Lal / Politician / India |
| NA November | Vizol Angami / Politician / India |
| 18 March | Dr. Nagendra Singh / Lawyer / India |
| 18 May | Sarukkai Jagannathan / NA / India |
| 22 April | Baldev Raj Chopra / Producer / India |
| 24 October | Lakshmi Sahgal / Freedom Fighter / India |
| 18 March | Maharaj Sri Nagendra Singh / Lawyer / India |
| 03 April | Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Ma / Soldier / India |
| 24 October | Lakshmi Sehgal / Freedom Fighter / India |
| 26 December | Baba Amte / Social Worker / India |
| 17 December | Mushtaq Ali / Cricketer / India |
| 29 May | Tenzing Norgay / Mountaineer / India |
| 08 July | Jyoti Basu / Politician / India |
| 08 July | Jyoti Basu / Politician / India |
| 03 April | Sam Manekshaw / Army Chief / India |
| 18 March | Dr. Nagendra Singh / Politician / India |
| 03 April | Sam Manekshaw / Field Marshal / India |
| 01 February | Ak Hangal / Actor / India |
| 03 April | Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw / Indian Army / India |