| Date | Place | Event | | 1066-10-14 | England | Harold Godwinson killed at Battle of Hastings, aged about 46 (Norman Conquest). http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/viking/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=17
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| 1153-10-14 | YORK | Henry Murdac’s term as Archbishop of York ended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Murdac
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| 1297-10-14 | England | Forty-first Parliament of Edward I dissolved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parliaments_of_England#Parliaments_of_Edward_I |
| 1318-10-14 | Ireland | Bruce Campaign ended (First War of Scottish Independence). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_campaign_in_Ireland |
| 1322-10-14 | England | Battle of Old Byland (First War of Scottish Independence). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Old_Byland |
| 1586-10-14 | England | Trial of Mary Queen of Scots for conspiracy against Elizabeth I. http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/maryqueenofscots.htm |
| 1758-10-14 | Saxony | Battle of Hochkirk (Seven Years’ War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hochkirch |
| 1768-10-14 | Great Britain | Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton became Prime Minister (Whig). https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/augustus-henry-fitzroy-3rd-duke-of-grafton |
| 1774-10-14 | America | Annapolis Tea Party. https://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2012/12/16/annapolis-tea-party-1774 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Stewart_(ship)
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| 1805-10-14 | Germany | Battle of Elchingen (War of the Third Coalition). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Elchingen |
| 1806-10-14 | Germany | Battle of Jena-Auerstädt (War of the Fourth Coalition). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jena%E2%80%93Auerstedt |
| 1809-10-14 | Europe | War of the Fifth Coalition ended (Napoleonic Wars). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Fifth_Coalition |
| 1812-10-14 | UK | Work of Regent’s Canal, London started. http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/regents.htm |
| 1827-10-14 | YORK | William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt born. http://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt |
| 1863-10-14 | USA | Battle of Bristoe Station (American Civil War). http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/bristoe-station.html |
| 1898-10-14 | UK | SS Mohegan sank near Cornwall, 106 killed. http://www.atlantictransportline.us/content/24Mohegan.htm |
| 1899-10-14 | South Africa | Siege of Kimberley began (Second Boer War). http://www.britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/kimberley.htm |
| 1899-10-14 | South Africa | Siege of Mafeking began (Second Boer War). https://www.britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/siege-of-mafeking/ |
| 1910-10-14 | USA | Claude Grahame-White landed biplane near the White House, Washington DC. http://earlyaviators.com/egrahcl1.htm |
| 1913-10-14 | UK | Senghenydd Colliery disaster, 439 killed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/the_senghenydd_pit_disaster |
| 1915-10-14 | Serbia | Morava Offensive began (WWI). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morava_Offensive |
| 1915-10-14 | Serbia & Macedonia | Ovche Pole Offensive began (WWI). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ov%C4%8De_Pole_Offensive |
| 1932-10-14 | YORK | Work re-started at Ben Johnson & Co premises in Micklegate after fire in August. |
| 1939-10-14 | UK | HMS Royal Oak sunk by German submarine at Scapa Flow, Scotland (WWII). http://www.hmsroyaloak.co.uk/ |
| 1940-10-14 | UK | Balham Subway Station disaster, London (WWII). http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/65/a2395965.shtml |
| 1943-10-14 | Poland | Prisoners revolt at Sobibor extermination camp, 11 killed (WWII). http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005192 |
| 1943-10-14 | Germany | Second Raid on Schweinfurt (WWII). http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=55/Bombing-of-Hamburg-Dresden-and-Other-Cities-World-War-II-Database https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Raid_on_Schweinfurt |
| 1944-10-14 | Greece | Athens liberated by British Army (WWII). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Greece#Liberation_and_aftermath
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| 1944-10-14 | Germany | Field Marshal Erwin Rommel forced to commit suicide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Rommel
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| 1944-10-14 | Norway | Lufwaffe plane shot down at Uccagag’ga, Finnmark, 3 killed (WWII). http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19441014-1 |
| 1944-10-14 | Germany | Operation Hurricane began (WWII). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hurricane_(1944) |
| 1944-10-14 | Germany | RAF bombers hit Cologne (WWII). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Cologne_in_World_War_II |
| 1952-10-14 | Brazil | Aerovias Brasil plane crashed at San Francisco de Paula, RS, 14 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19521014-0 |
| 1952-10-14 | Korea | Operation Showdown began (Korean War). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill |
| 1953-10-14 | USSR | Aeroflot plane crashed near Irkutsk Airport, 4 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19531014-1 |
| 1953-10-14 | Germany | Sabena plane crashed near Frankfurt International Airport, 44 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19531014-0 |
| 1957-10-14 | Valencia | Flooding, 81+ killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Valencia_flood |
| 1966-10-14 | Canada | Montreal Metro began operation. http://www.metrodemontreal.com/faq/history.html |
| 1968-10-14 | Australia | Earthquake measuring 6.9Mw, epicentre in Meckering. http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2008/10/15/2392234.htm |
| 1968-10-14 | Mexico | Jim Hines broke 10 second 100 metre sprint at Olympic Games in Mexico city. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/576JhSbc9PPrBZp4RT2JMKs/jim-hines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hines
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| 1969-10-14 | UK | Fifty-pence coin introduced. http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/seven-sides-of-a-50p-coin |
| 1979-10-14 | USA | First Gay Rights March of Washington DC. http://archive.org/details/pra-KZ0941 |
| 1982-10-14 | Canada | Litton Industries Bombing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litton_Industries_bombing |
| 2010-10-14 | India | XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi ended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Commonwealth_Games |
| 2011-10-14 | Mexico | Summer XVI Pan American Games began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Pan_American_Games |
| 2015-10-14 | Pakistan | Taunsa Sharif Bombing (War in Northwest Pakistan). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunsa_Sharif_bombing |
| 2017-10-14 | Somalia | Mogadishu Bombings, 587 killed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41621660 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_October_2017_Mogadishu_bombings |
| 2017-10-14 | Cote d'Ivoire | Valan International Cargo Charter plane crashed near Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Airport, 4 killed. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20171014-0 |
