Historical Events In May - 14
Saturday, 03 January 2026
0347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history. 

0649 On May - 14 theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 

0649 Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history. 

0964 On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies 

1027 On this day in history robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 

1264 Baron's War fought in England on May - 14. 

1264 Battle at Lewes Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III on May - 14. 

1264 Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III on this day in history. 

1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) on this day in history. 

1483 On May - 14 coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable"). 

1501 Lisbon Portugal, explorer Gaspar Corte Réal leaves on his second voyage to Newfoundland; never heard from again on this day in history. 

1509 On May - 14 battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 

1565 On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies 

1576 Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten on this day in history. 

1590 On May - 14 battle at Ivry French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 

1590 On this day in history battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 

1607 First permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown VA on May - 14. 

1607 On May - 14 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va 

1608 On this day in history the Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen. 

1610 Henry IV of France assassinated on May - 14. 

1610 Assassination of Henri IV of France, bringing Louis XIII to the throne on this day in history. 

1610 On this day in history henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 

1633 Olivier Le Jeune d1654 baptized into the Roman Catholic faith; a slave left in Quebec by the Kirkes, he is the first recorded black in Canada on May - 14. 

1638 Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon on this day in history. 

1643 On this day in history louis XIV becomes King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII 

1643 On May - 14 louis XIV (4) becomes king of France 

1643 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on May - 14. 

1652 Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer on this day in history. 

1664 Turkish great Köprülü attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers on this day in history. 

1664 Turkish great Kiprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers on this day in history. 

1679 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer on May - 14. 

1686 On this day in history the birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German inventor of mercury thermometer 

1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] on this day in history. 

1702 England & Netherlands declares war on France & Spain on this day in history. 

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