September 14 in history
Events on September 14
Notable events that happened on September 14 in past years.
- 2022
Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.
Wikipedia article: Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II - 2007
Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
Wikipedia article: 2008 financial crisis - 2000
Microsoft releases Windows Me.
Wikipedia article: Microsoft - 1994
The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
Wikipedia article: Major League Baseball - 1985
Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
Wikipedia article: Penang Bridge - 1960
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
Wikipedia article: OPEC - 1948
The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
Wikipedia article: Indian Army - 1936
Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
Wikipedia article: Raoul Villain - 1901
U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
Wikipedia article: William McKinley - 1814
Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Baltimore - 1763
Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
Wikipedia article: Seneca people - 1685
Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.
Wikipedia article: Morean War - 1210
Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, marries French baron John of Brienne, who is later crowned king on 30 October in Tyre.
Wikipedia article: Maria of Montferrat - 987
Bardas Phokas the Younger rebels against Byzantine emperor Basil II and declares himself emperor.
- 81
Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
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