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Battle of Hastings

(For other uses, see Battle of Hastings (disambiguation).) The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory. The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne.

Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

Battle on the Elster

Battle on the Elster (German: Schlacht bei Hohenmölsen) was the third and last battle between the Salian king Henry IV of Germany and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden, fought on October 14, 1080 near Hohenmölsen on the White Elster river. Rudolf's forces were victorious; however, he was mortally wounded and succumbed to his injuries the next day.

Attack on Acre (1179)

The attack on Acre in 1179 was a naval raid launched by the Ayyubid fleet of Saladin against the Crusader fortress of Acre. The Ayyubids attacked the fort and inflicted heavy damage on the port before retreating.

Israel

Battle of Ōshū

The Battle of Ōshū (奥州合戦, Ōshū-kassen) was a major battle between the Kamakura government and the Northern Fujiwara that took place in the Tōhoku region of Japan from September 1 to October 14, 1189. It resulted in the downfall of the Northern Fujiwara and the completion of Minamoto no Yoritomo's nationwide domination through the annexation of Mutsu and Dewa Province by the Kamakura shogunate.

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Japan

Battle of Faughart

The Battle of Faughart (or Battle of Dundalk) was fought on 14 October 1318 between a Hiberno-Norman force led by John de Bermingham (later created 1st Earl of Louth) and Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick, and a Scots-Irish army commanded by Prince Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, brother of King Robert I of Scots ('Robert the Bruce'). It was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence and more precisely the Irish Bruce Wars. The defeat and death of Bruce at the battle ended the attempt to revive the High Kingship of Ireland.

County Louth, Ireland

Scottish forces defeat the English at Old Byland

On October 14, 1322, Scottish forces defeated an English army at Old Byland in northern England. King Edward II narrowly escaped capture as he fled nearby Rievaulx Abbey.

United Kingdom

Battle of Nakhchivan (1406)

The Battle of Nakhchivan (Persian: نبرد نخجوان) was fought between Kara Koyunlu under their Bey, Qara Yusuf and the Timurid Empire under the leadership of Timur's grandson Abu Bakr Mirza ibn Miran Shah, for control of Azerbaijan on October 14, 1406. Qara Yusuf decisively defeated the Timurids in this battle and took over Tabriz, the capital of the region.

Battle of Waidhofen

The Battle of Waidhofen took place on 14 October 1431 near the present town of Waidhofen an der Thaya in Austria. The Taborites led by Mikuláš Sokol from Lamberka were returning from a marauding ride when they were defeated by Imperial Austrian forces.

Austria

Sack of Lier

The Sack of Lier, also known as the Fury of Lier in the Southern Netherlands, took place on 14 October 1595 when a force of the Dutch States Army led by Charles de Heraugières, governor of Breda, took the town by surprise during the Eighty Years' War.

The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, a territory inhabited by Algonquian Native American tribes. The colony was in a territory the colonists called New England, with initial settlements on two natural harbors and surrounding land about 15.4 miles (24.8 km) apart—the areas around Salem and Boston, north of the previously established Plymouth Colony.

Battle of Simbirsk

Battle of Simbirsk in 1670 was a decisive battle of Stepan Razin's rebellion.

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Russia

Battle of Kalush

The Battle of Kalush a battle fought on October 14, 1672, during Sobieski's expedition against the Tatar Chambulas as part of the Polish-Ottoman War (1672–1676).

Sobieski’s forces defeat Tatar troops near Petranka

On October 14, 1672, forces led by Jan Sobieski defeated Tatar troops near Petranka, in present-day Ukraine.

This entry records a specific battle during the October campaign.

Ukraine

Battle of Żurawno

Battle of Żurawno took place between 25 September and 14 October 1676, during the war Polish-Ottoman War (1672–1676). The battle ended in a draw; treaty of Żurawno was signed in its aftermath. In late August 1676, a large Ottoman-Tatar army of some 50,000 entered the southern Polish province of Pokucie. The invaders were faced by Jan III Sobieski, who had 20,000 soldiers. On 24 September 1676, Polish mounted units clashed with Tatars near Wojnilow and Dolha, and withdrew to the fortified camp in Zurawno. The Polish camp was protected from two sides by the Dniestr river, while in its front was the Krechowka river.

Zhuravno, Ukraine

Battle of Friedlingen

The Battle of Friedlingen took place on 14 October 1702, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Most of the fighting centred around Friedlingen, now a suburb of Weil am Rhein, on the current border between Baden-Württemberg in Germany, and Switzerland. A French force under Villars defeated an Imperial army commanded by Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737)

The Spanish-Portuguese War between 1735 and 1737 was fought over the Banda Oriental, roughly present-day Uruguay. At the time, this part of South-America was sparsely populated and was on the border between Portuguese Brazil and the Spanish Governorate of the Río de la Plata. Spain claimed the area based on the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, but Portugal had founded the first city there, Sacramento Colony, in 1680.

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Siege of Pirna

The Siege of Pirna, sometimes referred to as the Investment of Pirna, took place from 10 September to 14 October 1756 as part of the Prussian invasion of Saxony during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). Following the occupation of Dresden by Frederick the Great on 9 September 1756, the Saxon army under Frederick von Rutowski had withdrawn southeast and taken up position at the fortified camp of Pirna.

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Germany

Battle of Hochkirch

The Battle of Hochkirch took place on 14 October 1758, during the Third Silesian War (part of the Seven Years' War). After several weeks of maneuvering for position, an Austrian army of 80,000 commanded by Lieutenant Field Marshal Leopold Josef Graf Daun surprised the Prussian army of 30,000–36,000 commanded by Frederick the Great. The Austrian army overwhelmed the Prussians and forced a general retreat.

Battle of Ölper (1761)

The Battle of Ölper was a battle at Ölper, now a district of Brunswick, on 13 October 1761. It occurred between a Franco-Saxon force and a Brunswick-Hanoverian force, lasted long into the night and ended in a Brunswickian victory. It was part of the Seven Years' War.

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The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, is formed in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Commission of National Education (Polish: Komisja Edukacji Narodowej, KEN, Lithuanian: Edukacinė komisija) was the central educational authority in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created by the Sejm and King Stanisław II August on October 14, 1773. Because of its vast authority and autonomy, it is considered the first education ministry in European history and an important achievement of the Polish Enlightenment.

Siege of Patiala (1779)

The siege of Patiala was a 7-day siege fought between the Sikh forces led by Raja Amar Singh and Mughal forces led by Abdul Ahad Khan.

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Battle of Shallow Ford

The Battle of Shallow Ford was an American Revolution skirmish that took place on October 14, 1780 in Huntsville, North Carolina. A company of 600 Loyalist militia, led by Colonel Gideon Wright and his brother Captain Hezikiah Wright, were attempting to cross the Yadkin River to join General Cornwallis in Charlotte. Colonel Joseph Williams gathered 300 Patriot militia and laid an ambush at the ford. A short battle followed, with the Patriot forces winning decisively. The Loyalist militia became scattered and fled. Fifteen casualties were reported, fourteen Loyalists and one Patriot, Henry Francis, a captain in the Virginia militia.

North Carolina, United States

Anapa campaign (1788)

The Anapa campaign in 1788 was a military expedition launched by the Russians to capture the fortress of Anapa. The expedition ended in failure for the Russian army.

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The first Society of United Irishmen is formed in Belfast

On October 14, 1791, the first Society of United Irishmen was formed in Belfast, with Samuel McTier as chairman.

The society’s founding was separate from the rebellion of 1798.

United Kingdom

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1794

Elections to the House of Representatives in Pennsylvania for the Fourth Congress were held on October 14, 1794.

Pennsylvania, United States

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1800

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania for the 7th Congress were held October 14, 1800.

Pennsylvania, United States

Battle of Elchingen

The Battle of Elchingen, fought on 14 October 1805, saw French forces under Michel Ney rout an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch. This defeat led to a large part of the Austrian army being invested in the fortress of Ulm by the army of Emperor Napoleon I of France while other formations fled to the east. Soon afterward, the Austrians trapped in Ulm surrendered and the French mopped up most of the remaining Austrians forces, bringing the Ulm Campaign to a close. In late September and early October 1805, Napoleon carried out a gigantic envelopment of the Austrian army in Bavaria led by Karl Mack von Lieberich.

Bavaria, Germany

Battle of Memmingen

The Battle of Memmingen was a battle at Memmingen during the 1805 German campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. It occurred on 14 October that year and culminated in the surrender of Karl Spangen to Jean-de-Dieu Soult's 4th Army Corps.

Germany

Battle of Jena–Auerstedt

The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerstädt) were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive defeat suffered by the Prussian Army subjugated the Kingdom of Prussia to the French Empire until the Sixth Coalition was formed in 1812. Several figures integral to the reformation of the Prussian Army participated at Jena–Auerstedt, including Gebhard von Blücher, Carl von Clausewitz, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Hermann von Boyen.

Germany

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1806

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania were held on October 14, 1806 for the 10th Congress.

Pennsylvania, United States

Treaty of Schönbrunn

The Treaty of Schönbrunn (French: Traité de Schönbrunn), sometimes known as the Peace of Schönbrunn (German: Friede von Schönbrunn) or the Treaty of Vienna (German: Wiener Frieden), was signed between France and Austria at Schönbrunn Palace near Vienna on 14 October 1809. The treaty ended the Fifth Coalition during the Napoleonic Wars, after Austria had been defeated at the decisive Battle of Wagram on 5–6 July.

Vienna, Austria

Battle of Sobral

The Battle of Sobral (13–14 October 1810) saw an Imperial French army led by Masséna probe the Lines of Torres Vedras, built and defended successfully by Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army. Masséna had to order a retreat at the beginning of March 1811 having lost 21,000 men from hunger and disease induced by the scorched earth policy of Wellington.

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Portugal

Battle of Cervera (1811)

In the Battle of Cervera (4 to 14 October 1811) a Spanish force led by Luis Roberto de Lacy attacked a series of Imperial French garrisons belonging to the VII Corps of Marshal Jacques MacDonald. The actions were highly successful and netted nearly 1,000 enemy prisoners. The clashes occurred during the Peninsular War, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Spain

Siege of Cattaro

The Siege of Cattaro was fought between a British Royal Naval detachment and Montenegrin forces under Captain William Hoste, John Harper and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš respectively and the French garrison under command of Jean-Joseph Gauthier of the mountain fortress of Cattaro (now Kotor, Montenegro). The siege lasted from 14 October 1813 to 3 January 1814 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars when the French surrendered. The engagement was fought in the Adriatic Sea for possession of the important fortress of Cattaro.

Kotor, Montenegro

Battle of Liebertwolkwitz

The Battle of Liebertwolkwitz (German: Schlacht von Liebertwolkwitz, also the battle of Güldengossa or the cavalry-battle of Wachau) took place on 14 October 1813 between French forces commanded by field marshal Joachim Murat and the Sixth Coalition's Allied Army commanded by Russian field marshal Peter Wittgenstein. It occurred around Liebertwolkwitz, a Saxon town south of Leipzig, two days before the decisive battle of Leipzig.

1817 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

The 1817 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 14, 1817. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Simon Snyder was not a candidate for re-election. Simon's preferred successor, State Treasurer William Findlay, was nominated as the Democratic Republican candidate by a caucus of legislative leaders. Conversely, U.S. Representative Joseph Hiester was chosen as a candidate by the Democratic Republicans' first popular nominating convention; he additionally gained the endorsement of the declining Federalists.

Pennsylvania, United States

1823 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

The 1823 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 14, 1823. Incumbent Federalist governor, Joseph Hiester, did not seek re-election. The Democratic-Republican candidate, John Andrew Shulze, defeated Federalist candidate Andrew Gregg.

Pennsylvania, United States

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1828

Elections to the United States House of Representatives in Pennsylvania for the 21st Congress were held October 14, 1828. Members of three different parties were elected to the 21st Congress, the first time in US history that a third party won seats. The new Anti-Masonic Party won a total of 5 seats, 1 of which was in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania, United States

1828 Ohio gubernatorial election

The 1828 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1828, to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent National Republican governor Allen Trimble won re-election against Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 5th district John Wilson Campbell.

Ohio, United States

1834 Ohio gubernatorial election

The 1834 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert Lucas was re-elected to a second term, defeating Whig nominee, former Mayor of Cincinnati and former U.S. Representative, James Findlay.

Ohio, United States

1851 Ohio gubernatorial election

The 1851 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1851, in order to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Democratic governor Reuben Wood won re-election against Whig nominee and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district Samuel F. Vinton and Free Soil nominee Samuel Lewis.

Ohio, United States

1851 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

The 1851 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on October 14, 1851. Incumbent governor William F. Johnston, a Whig, was a candidate for re-election but was narrowly defeated by Democratic candidate William Bigler.

Pennsylvania, United States

Christchurch Country by-election, 1856

The Christchurch Country by-election 1856 was a by-election held in the multi-member Christchurch Country electorate during the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, on 14 October 1856, and was, along with the Grey and Bell 1856 by-election, the second equal contested by-election in New Zealand political history. The by-election was caused by the resignation of incumbent MP Dingley Brittin and was won by John Ollivier. On nomination day (13 October) John Ollivier and Crosbie Ward were nominated, and after a show of hands in favour of Ollivier, Ward demanded a poll. John Ollivier was subsequently elected the following day.

New Zealand

Second Battle of Auburn

The Second Battle of Auburn was fought on October 14, 1863, in Fauquier County, Virginia, between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War. Confederate forces led by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell led a sortie to extricate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry command, trapped between two Union columns and clashed with the rearguard of the Federal II Corps under Brig. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren. Stuart was successfully extricated but the Federal wagon train avoided Confederate capture in the inconclusive fight.

Fauquier County, Virginia, United States

Battle of Bristoe Station

The Battle of Bristoe Station was fought on October 14, 1863, at Bristoe Station, Virginia, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill during the Bristoe Campaign of the American Civil War. The Union II Corps under Warren was able to surprise and repel the Confederate attack by Hill on the Union rearguard, resulting in a Union victory.

Virginia, United States

Skirmish at Adamstown

The Skirmish at Adamstown was a Battle that was fought between the Union army and the Confederate army in Frederick County, Maryland, on October 14, 1864. The result of the Battle is inconclusive.

Maryland, United States

1873 Iowa Senate election

In the 1873 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the fifteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 23 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate. The general election took place on October 14, 1873. Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 42 seats to Democrats' eight seats.

Iowa, United States

1873 Iowa gubernatorial election

The 1873 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1873. Incumbent Republican Cyrus C. Carpenter defeated Anti-Monopoly nominee Jacob G. Vale with 55.54% of the vote.

Iowa, United States

1879 Iowa gubernatorial election

The 1879 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1879. Incumbent Republican John H. Gear defeated Democratic nominee Henry Hoffman Trimble with 53.94% of the vote.

Iowa, United States

1879 Iowa Senate election

In the 1879 Iowa State Senate elections Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the eighteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 29 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate. The general election took place on October 14, 1879. Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 38 seats to Democrats' 12 seats.

Iowa, United States

1879 Ohio gubernatorial election

The 1879 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1879. Republican nominee Charles Foster defeated Democratic nominee Thomas Ewing Jr. with 50.25% of the vote.

Ohio, United States

Brsjak revolt

The Brsjak revolt (Serbian and Macedonian: Брсјачка буна, romanized: Brsjačka buna; Bulgarian: Бърсячка буна, romanized: Bŭrsyachka buna) broke out on 14 October 1880 in the Poreče region of the Monastir Vilayet, led by rebels who sought the liberation of Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire. According to Ottoman sources the goal of the revolt was the accession of Macedonia to Bulgaria.

1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election

The 1884 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on October 14, 1884, to elect the governor of West Virginia.

Quebec holds its 1886 general election

On October 14, 1886, Quebec held a general election to choose members of its provincial legislature.

Canada

Battle of Guté Dili

The Battle of Guté Dili was fought on 14 October 1888 between an alliance of the Shewan forces of Ras Gobana Dacche and the Oromo ruler of Leqa Naqamte, Moroda Bekere, and Mahdist forces under governor Khalil al-Khuzani near Nejo in the modern Mirab Welega Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. The Mahdist forces were routed, and only Khalil and Muhammad Hassan of Fadasi, who was leading the Bela Shangul contingent, with a small group of Ansar and Berta soldiers, were able to successfully flee the battlefield. This engagement represents the high water mark of Mahdist activity in what is now southwestern Ethiopia.

Nejo, Ethiopia

French inventor Louis Le Prince filmed Roundhay Garden Scene (pictured), the earliest surviving motion picture, in Leeds, England

Roundhay Garden Scene (French: Une scène au jardin de Roundhay) is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in Yorkshire, England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film. The camera used was patented in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1888.

Greek legislative election, 1890

Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 14 October 1890. Supporters of Theodoros Deligiannis emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, with 100 of the 150 seats. Deligiannis became Prime Minister for the second time on 5 November.

Greece

Belgian general election, 1894

Full general elections were held in Belgium on 14 October 1894, with run-off elections held on 21 October 1894. The elections followed several major reforms: they were the first held under universal male suffrage for those over the age of 25. This followed the abolition of tax qualifications, and increased the number of voters tenfold. Voting was also made compulsory. Provincial senators were introduced in addition to the existing directly elected ones. The electoral reforms were implemented in 1893 under the Catholic government led by Auguste Beernaert, who had been in power for nearly ten years, but who resigned because his proposal for proportional representation was rejected.

Belgium

1895 Rylstone colonial by-election

A by-election for the seat of Rylstone in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 October 1895 because the Committee of Elections and Qualifications declared that the election of John Fitzpatrick at the election for Rylstone in July, with a margin of 6 votes, was void because of gross negligence by the returning officer by not initialing 266 ballot papers (19.6%).

1897 Victorian colonial election

The 1897 Victorian colonial election was held on 14 October 1897 to elect the 17th Parliament of Victoria. All 95 seats in the Legislative Assembly were up for election, though 13 were uncontested. George Turner's Liberal government was returned with an increased majority.

Siege of Kimberley

The siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. The Boers moved quickly to try to capture the area when war broke out between the British and the two Boer republics in October 1899.

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1910 New South Wales state election

The 1910 New South Wales state election was held on 14 October 1910 for all of the 90 seats in the 22nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people.

Claude Grahame-White lands near the White House

On October 14, 1910, Claude Grahame-White flew a Farman biplane over Washington, D.C., and landed on Executive Avenue beside the White House.

United States

Theodore Roosevelt is shot while campaigning in Milwaukee

On October 14, 1912, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt was shot by John Schrank while campaigning in Milwaukee. Despite being wounded, Roosevelt went on to deliver his scheduled speech.

United States

Senghenydd colliery disaster

The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd), occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. The explosion, which killed 439 miners and a rescuer, is still the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom. Universal Colliery, located on the South Wales Coalfield, produced steam coal which was much in demand. Some of the region's coal seams contained high quantities of firedamp, a highly explosive gas consisting of methane and hydrogen, and were prone to explosions. In an earlier disaster in May 1901, three underground explosions at the colliery killed 81 miners.

Wales, United Kingdom

Ovče Pole Offensive

The Ovche Pole Offensive Operation (Bulgarian: Овчеполска настъпателна операция) (Serbian: Битка на Овчем Пољу) was an operation of the Bulgarian Army that occurred between 14 October 1915 and 15 November 1915 as part of the Serbian Campaign in World War I. Its aim was to seize the Vardar river valley, and to cut the vital railway linking Skopje with Thesaloniki to prevent the Serbian Army from being resupplied and reinforced by the Allied Expeditionary Force. The Bulgarian forces consisted of the Second Army (3rd Balkan Infantry Division, 7th Rila Division and the Cavalry Division with 182 guns) under the command of Lieutenant General Georgi Todorov.

Vranje, Serbia

Morava Offensive

The Morava Offensive Operation in Serbian (Bulgarian: Моравска настъпателна операция), (Serbian: Битка на Морави) was undertaken by the Bulgarian First Army between 14 October 1915 and 9 November 1915 as part of the strategic offensive operation of Army Group Mackensen against Serbia in 1915. Under the command of Lieutenant General Kliment Boyadzhiev the Bulgarians seized the fortified areas of Pirot, Niš and the valley of the river Morava. As a result, the Serbian forces were compelled to retreat towards Kosovo and Metohija.

Leskovac, Serbia

Bulgaria during World War I

The Kingdom of Bulgaria participated in World War I on the side of the Central Powers from 14 October 1915, when the country declared war on Serbia, until 30 September 1918, when the Armistice of Salonica came into effect. After the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, Bulgaria was diplomatically isolated, surrounded by hostile neighbors while lacking the support of any great power.

Action of 14 October 1918

The action of 14 October was a naval engagement of the First World War when the Imperial German Navy submarine SM U-139 attacked the Portuguese civilian steamer São Miguel and the Portuguese Navy naval trawler NRP Augusto de Castilho in the Atlantic Ocean on 14 October 1918.

Treaty of Tartu (Finland–Russia)

The Treaty of Tartu (Russian: Тартуский мирный договор; Finnish: Tarton rauha; Swedish: Fredsfördraget i Dorpat) was signed on 14 October 1920 between Finland and Soviet Russia after negotiations that lasted nearly five months. The treaty confirmed the border between Finland and Soviet Russia after the Finnish Civil War and Finnish volunteer expeditions in Russian East Karelia that resulted in annexation of several Russian districts.

Winnie-the-Pooh is first published in Britain

On October 14, 1926, Methuen published A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh in Britain, with illustrations by E. H. Shepard.

This date refers to the first British edition.

United Kingdom

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party. The central issue was the economy, which was still in the depths of the Great Depression. Bennett, in office since the 1930 election, had done little to stimulate the economy during his first few years, believing that a policy of high tariffs and trade within the British Empire would correct the depression.

Canada

1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the ninth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The game opened cagily, both teams scoring just one point in the first 15 minutes. Cork then scored four goals (M. Fitzgerald (two), P. Hegarty, M. Buckley) in four minutes, essentially deciding the game before half-time.

Ireland

Operation Kopaonik

Operation Kopaonik was a large-scale Axis offensive launched against the Mihailović's Chetniks in Axis occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The operation was inspired by Heinrich Himmler who believed that the annihilation of Draža Mihailović and his forces was a basis for a success in Serbia and South East Europe.

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Sobibor uprising

The Sobibor uprising (Polish: Powstanie w Sobiborze; German: Aufstand von Sobibór) was a revolt of about 600 prisoners that occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II and the Holocaust at the Sobibor extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was the second uprising in an extermination camp, partly successful, by Jewish prisoners against the SS forces, following the revolt in Treblinka.

Poland

Second Schweinfurt raid

The second Schweinfurt raid, also called Black Thursday, was a World War II air battle that took place on 14 October 1943, over Nazi Germany between forces of the United States 8th Air Force and German Luftwaffe fighter arm (Jagdwaffe). The American bombers conducted a strategic bombing raid on ball bearing factories to reduce production of these vital parts used in all manner of war machines.

World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president

The Second Philippine Republic, officially the Republic of the Philippines and also known as the Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic, was a pro-Axis government established on October 14, 1943, during the Japanese occupation of the islands until its dissolution on August 17, 1945.

Erwin Rommel dies after being forced to take poison

On October 14, 1944, German field marshal Erwin Rommel died after taking poison under pressure from Hitler’s regime.

Germany

Chuck Yeager makes the first crewed supersonic flight

On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound over the Mojave Desert in California.

United States

Battle of Triangle Hill

The Battle of Triangle Hill, also known as Operation Showdown or the Shangganling Campaign (Chinese: 上甘岭战役; pinyin: Shànggānlǐng Zhànyì), was a protracted military engagement during the Korean War. The main combatants were two United Nations (UN) infantry divisions, with additional support from the United States Air Force, against elements of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 15th and 12th Corps.

Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.

1957 Valencia flood

The 1957 Valencia flood (Spanish: gran riada de Valencia) was a natural disaster that occurred on 13 and 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain. The flood resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish government devised and enacted the Plan Sur, which rerouted the city's main river, the Turia.

Spain

23rd Canadian Parliament

The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election.

Aden Emergency

The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution or the Aden Insurgency, was an armed rebellion led mainly by the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) against the British Protectorate and Federation of South Arabia. It began on 14 October 1963 when tribes from Radfan attacked British troops and ended with the proclamation of independence of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen.

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Khrushchev is removed as Soviet Communist Party leader

On October 14, 1964, the Soviet Communist Party removed Nikita Khrushchev from its leadership. Leonid Brezhnev was elected First Secretary.

Russia

The Cals cabinet resigns in the Netherlands

On October 14, 1966, the Dutch cabinet led by Jo Cals resigned after the House of Representatives adopted a motion calling for better funding of national budget expenditure.

The cabinet remained in a caretaker role until a successor took office.

Netherlands

1968 Meckering earthquake

The Western Australian town of Meckering was struck by an earthquake on 14 October 1968. The earthquake occurred at 10:58:52 local time, with a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage amounted to $2.2 million with 20–28 injured. Monday, October 14, 1968, also happened to be a public holiday in Western Australia observing the Queen's Birthday.

1973 Thai popular uprising

The popular uprising of 14 October 1973 (Thai: เหตุการณ์ 14 ตุลา, rtgs: Hetkan Sip-Si Tula, "October 14 Event"; or Thai: วันมหาวิปโยค, rtgs: Wan Maha Wippayok, "Day of Great Sorrow") was a watershed event in Thailand's history. The uprising resulted in the end of the ruling military dictatorship of anti-communist Thanom Kittikachorn and altered the Thai political system. Notably, it highlighted the growing influence of Thai university students in politics.

Thailand

1973 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973, on the same day as for the senate. The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 185 of the 450 seats with 33% of the vote. The Justice Party (AP) led by Süleyman Demirel, which had won a majority in the previous elections in 1969, lost over a third of its seats, winning just 149.

Turkey

Air battle of Mansoura

The air battle of Mansoura was an air battle that took place in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War between the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) and the Israeli Air Force (IAF) near the town of El Mansoura, in the Nile Delta. The Israeli air force launched air strikes on October 14 against the Egyptian air bases at Tanta and Mansoura. Israeli aircraft were spotted approaching from the Mediterranean Sea.

Egypt

Battle of the Sinai

The Battle of the Sinai was one of the most consequential battles of the Yom Kippur War. An Egyptian attacking force that advanced beyond their line of defense at the Bar-Lev Line was repulsed with heavy losses by Israeli forces. This prompted the Israelis to launch Operation Abiray-Lev (Stouthearted Men) the next day, penetrating the Egyptian line of defense and crossing the Suez Canal.

Operation Nickel Grass

Operation Nickel Grass was the codename for a strategic airlift conducted by the United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel during the 1973 Arab–Israeli War. Between 14 October and 14 November of that year, the Military Airlift Command of the United States Air Force shipped approximately 22,325 tons of supplies, including tanks, artillery, and ammunition, in multiple flights of C-141 Starlifters and C-5 Galaxys.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Israel

Kenyan general election, 1974

General elections were held in Kenya on 14 October 1974. At the time, the country was a de facto one-party state with the Kenya African National Union being the sole party to participate in the election. 740 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with 88 incumbents (including four ministers) defeated. Voter turnout was 56.5%. Following the election, a further 12 members were appointed by President Jomo Kenyatta.

Kenya

1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash

The 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 14 October 1975 when an Avro Vulcan B.2 bomber crashed after an aborted landing at RAF Luqa. The aircraft crashed in a residential area in Żabbar, and five crew members and one civilian on the ground were killed. The two pilots managed to eject and survived the accident.

Malta

Operation Savannah (Angola)

Operation Savannah was the South African code name for their military incursion into Angola in 1975–1976. It was part of the South African Border War and arose due to the Angolan War of Independence. The operation also materially influenced the subsequent Angolan Civil War.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Angola

National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights

The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 1979. The first such march on Washington, it drew between 75,000 and 125,000 gay men, lesbians, bisexual people, and straight allies to demand equal civil rights and urge the passage of protective civil rights legislation.

Washington, D.C., United States

Battle of Al Mahbes (1979)

The Battle of Al Mahbes was fought on 14 October 1979 during the war in Western Sahara. The Polisario Front annihilated a battalion of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces.

Western Sahara

6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea

The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held in the February 8 House of Culture in Pyongyang, North Korea, from 10 to 14 October 1980. The congress is the highest organ of the party, and is stipulated to be held every four years. 3,062 delegates represented the party's membership; 117 foreign delegates attended the congress, without the right to speak.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

1986 Asian Table Tennis Championships

The 8th Asian Table Tennis Championships 1986 were held in Shenzhen, China, from 7 to 14 October 1986. It was organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Project Blue Sword-B

On 14 October 1986, the Lanzhou Military Region of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched a raid operation called the Project Blue Sword-B (Chinese: 蓝剑-B计划) or the Operation Blue Sword-B (Chinese: 蓝剑-B行动) during the Sino-Vietnamese conflicts to capture several Vietnamese People's Army (VPA) strongholds near Lao Shan.

People's Republic of China

King of the Ring (1989)

The 1989 King of the Ring was the fifth annual King of the Ring professional wrestling tournament produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The tournament was held on October 14, 1989 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island as a special non-televised house show. The 1989 tournament was won by Tito Santana. A tournament was not held in 1990 but returned in 1991.

Rhode Island, United States

1989 Invercargill mayoral election

The 1989 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 14 October 1989 as part of the 1989 New Zealand local elections, and was conducted under the First Past the Post system. It was the first election in Invercargill to include postal voting. Incumbent mayor Eve Poole was re-elected with a reduced majority.

1989 Wellington City Council election

The 1989 Wellington City Council election was part of the 1989 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

1989 Dunedin mayoral election

The 1989 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1989, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1989 Christchurch mayoral election

The 1989 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1989, election were held for the mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post voting method.

New Zealand

1989 Auckland City Council election

The 1989 Auckland City Council election was part of the 1989 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

1989 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1989 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1989, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-four city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1989 Porirua mayoral election

The 1989 Porirua mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Porirua plus other local government positions including thirteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1989 Hutt City Council election

The 1989 Hutt City Council election was part of the 1989 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Hutt City elections covered one regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council, area health board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1989 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1989 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including fifteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1990 Bavarian state election

The 1990 Bavarian state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Landtag of Bavaria. It took place shortly after the formal reunification of Germany on 3 October. The Christian Social Union (CSU) led by Minister-President Max Streibl retained its majority. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) also re-entered the Landtag for the first time since 1982.

Bavaria, Germany

1990 Saxony state election

The 1990 Saxony state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony. It was the first election held in Saxony since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Kurt Biedenkopf dominated the election with 53.8% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 19.1%.

Saxony, Germany

1990 Brandenburg state election

The 1990 Brandenburg state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Brandenburg. It was the first election held in Brandenburg since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Manfred Stolpe emerged as the largest party with 38.2% of the vote, followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 29.6%.

Brandenburg, Germany

1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election

The 1990 Saxony-Anhalt state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the first election held in Saxony-Anhalt since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Gerd Gies emerged as the largest party with 39.0%, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 26.0%.

Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election

The 1990 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It was the first election held in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since the reunification of Germany, which had taken place on 3 October.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

1990 Thuringian state election

The 1990 Thuringia state election was held on 14 October 1990 to elect the members of the first Landtag of Thuringia. It was the first election held in Thuringia since the reunification of Germany, which took place on 3 October. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Josef Duchač emerged as the largest party with 45.4%, followed by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 22.8%.

Thuringia, Germany

Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2

Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2 was a mixed martial arts event held on October 14, 1993 at the Tsuyuhashi Sports Center in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.

Japan

Falkland Islands general election, 1993

The Falkland Islands general election of 1993 was held on Thursday 14 October 1993 to elect members to the Legislative Council. Eight Councillors were elected through universal suffrage using block voting, four from each constituency (Camp and Stanley). It was the last election in which Desire the Right Party, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falkland Islands, fielded candidates.

Falkland Islands

1995 Invercargill mayoral election

The 1995 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 14 October 1995 as part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, and was conducted under the First Past the Post system.

1995 Porirua mayoral election

The 1995 Porirua mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Porirua plus other local government positions including thirteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1995 Wellington City Council election

The 1995 Wellington City Council election was part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

1995 Christchurch mayoral election

The 1995 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1995, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1995 Auckland City Council election

The 1995 Auckland City Council election was part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

1995 Dunedin mayoral election

The 1995 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1995, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1995 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1995 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including thirteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1995 Porirua City Council election

The 1995 Porirua City Council election was part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1995 Hutt City Council election

The 1995 Hutt City Council election was part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Hutt City elections covered one regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1995 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1995 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1995, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-four city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

New Zealand

1997 United Nations Security Council election

The 1997 United Nations Security Council election was held on 14 October 1997 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 52nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 1998. The five candidates elected were Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, and Slovenia with Bahrain, Gambia and Slovenia being elected for the first time.

New York City, United States

1999 United Nations Security Council election

The 1999 United Nations Security Council election was held on 14 October 1999 during the Fifty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The General Assembly elected Bangladesh, Jamaica, Mali, Tunisia, and Ukraine, as the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2000.

New York City, United States

2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon

The 2001 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour. The tournament took place from October 8 through October 14, 2001.

Lyon, France

2001 Scottish Challenge Cup final

The 2001 Scottish Challenge Cup final was played on 14 October 2001, at Broadwood Stadium in Cumbernauld and was the 11th staging of the final in the history of the tournament. It was played between Airdrieonians and Alloa Athletic of the First and Second Divisions respectively. Airdrieonians emerged winners after defeating Alloa Athletic 2–1 to win the tournament for the second consecutive year, also being Airdrieonians last honour before going into liquidation in 2002.

2003 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election

The 2003 Birmingham, Alabama mayoral election was held on November 4, 2003, following a primary election on October 14, 2003, to elect the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Incumbent Mayor Bernard Kincaid ran for re-election to a second term. He faced seventeen opponents in the election, including former interim Mayor William A. Bell, whom Kincaid had defeated in 1999, and City Councilmembers Carole Smitherman, Lee Loder, Roderick Royal, and Gwen Sykes.

This entry records the primary, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701

On October 14, 2004, Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, a Bombardier CRJ200 on a repositioning flight from Little Rock to Minneapolis, crashed while attempting an emergency approach to Jefferson City Memorial Airport in Missouri, United States. Both pilots, the only two people on board, were killed. The aircraft was originally scheduled to fly a passenger flight from Little Rock to Minneapolis earlier that day, but a mechanical issue forced the flight to be delayed.

Missouri, United States

MK Airlines Flight 1602

MK Airlines Flight 1602 was an MK Airlines Boeing 747-200 cargo flight on a flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Zaragoza Airport, Spain. On 14 October 2004, it crashed on take-off from Halifax, killing the crew of 7. It was the fourth accident for MK Airlines.

WEC 17

WEC 17: Halloween Fury 4 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on October 14, 2005 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. A light heavyweight tournament was held with the winner being crowned the champion and given a deal with the UFC.

California, United States

UFC 64

UFC 64: Unstoppable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, October 14, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.

Las Vegas, United States

Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2007

The 2007 Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 October 2007 in order to elect the first leader of the Democratic Party, the largest political party in Italy at the time. The election was conducted as an open primary, with all Italian citizens aged at least 16 and non-Italian legal residents being eligible to vote. A minimum fee of one euro (initially chosen as five euros, lowered to one euro following direct requests by almost all leadership candidates) was requested to voters in order to taker part in the election.

Italy

Bound for Glory (2007)

The 2007 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on October 14, 2007, at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth, Georgia. It was the third event under the Bound for Glory chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card.

Atlanta, United States

Canadian federal election, 2008

The 2008 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 40th Canadian General Election) was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008. The election, like the previous one in 2006, yielded a minority government under the Conservative Party of Canada, led by the incumbent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. The election call resulted in the cancellation of four federal by-elections that had been scheduled to occur in September.

Canada

2010 London Conservative Party mayoral selection

The London Conservative Party mayoral selection of 2010 was the process by which the Conservative Party selected its candidate for Mayor of London, to stand in the 2012 mayoral election. Incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson was selected to stand.

United Kingdom

Tripoli clashes (mid-October 2011)

Clashes in Tripoli broke out on 14 October 2011 when a group of Gaddafi loyalists in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, rose up against the National Transitional Council, leading to a firefight in the city's Abu Salim district as well as smaller clashes elsewhere in the city.

Tripoli, Libya, Libya

16th Busan International Film Festival

The 16th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 6 to October 14, 2011, at the Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by actresses Uhm Ji-won and Ye Ji-won, making it the first year to be hosted by two women. The 16th BIFF also marks the first year for Lee Yong-kwan as the festival director after the retirement of its founding director, Kim Dong-ho and is also the first to take place at the Busan Cinema Center which was opened on September 29, 2011.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

South Korea

Bound for Glory (2012)

Bound for Glory was the eighth annual Bound for Glory professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 14, 2012 at the Grand Canyon University Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The event was the first TNA event in the state of Arizona, the first Bound for Glory PPV to be held in Southwestern United States, and was the premiere event of the 2012 for TNA. Eight professional wrestling matches took place at the event broadcast on pay per view around the world.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

2012 Azorean regional election

The 2012 Azorean regional election (Portuguese: Eleições regionais dos Açores de 2012) was an election held on 14 October 2012 to elect the 57 members of the regional legislative assembly for Portuguese autonomous region of the Azores. The Socialist Party, under the leadership of Vasco Cordeiro won an absolute majority with 49 percent of the vote, while their direct rivals, the Social Democratic Party (led by Berta Cabral), achieved just 33 percent of the vote.

2012 Russian gubernatorial elections

Russian gubernatorial elections in 2012 took place on 14 October in Amur, Bryansk, Belgorod, Novgorod and Ryazan oblasts. The ballots in governors’ elections in the Amur, Belgorod and Ryazan regions had four names to choose from. The ballot in the Novgorod region contained three names. In total, 17 candidates from six political parties competed for five governor seats.

Russia

2012 Belgian local elections

The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2012 took place on 14 October. As with the previous 2006 elections, these are no longer organised by the Belgian federal state but instead by the respective regions: Brussels with 19 municipalities Flanders with 5 provinces and 308 municipalities In the city of Antwerp, elections were also held for its nine districts Wallonia with 5 provinces and 262 municipalities In the municipalities with language facilities of Voeren, Comines-Warneton and the 6 of the Brussels Periphery, the aldermen and members of the OCMW/CPAS council are directly elected.

Belgium

2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster

The 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster occurred in central Nepal on 14 October 2014 and resulted in the deaths of at least 43 people of various nationalities, including at least 21 trekkers. Injuries and fatalities resulted from unusually severe snowstorms and avalanches on and around the mountains of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri. The incident was said to be Nepal's worst trekking disaster.

Serbia v Albania (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying)

A UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match involving the national association football teams of Serbia and Albania took place on 14 October 2014 at the Partizan Stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. The match was abandoned after several incidents of hooliganism took place both on and off the field. Serbian fans had chanted "Ubij, ubij Šiptara" (Kill, kill the Albanian), and threw flares and other objects on the pitch.

Serbia

2015 Tonsa bombing

On 14 October 2015, a suicide bombing killed at least 7 people and injured thirteen others in Tonsa, Punjab, Pakistan. The attack took place inside the political office of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML–N) MNA Sardar Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa, who was not present. Sardar Khosa, who was attending a meeting in Islamabad, said he did not receive any threat or alert prior to the blast.

Pakistan

Western Libya clashes (2016–2018)

Clashes occurred in western Libya since 14 October 2016, when a coup d'état attempt was conducted by the former head of the National Salvation Government (GNS), Khalifa al-Ghawil, against Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA). This evolved into fighting between the GNA and GNS for control of Tripoli and parts of western Libya, while pro-GNA militias also attacked other militias for control of the region.

Libya

CMLL Universal Championship (2016)

The CMLL Universal Championship (2016) (Spanish: Campeonato Universal) was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The tournament took place from October 14, 2016 and ran for three Super Viernes shows with the finals on October 28, 2016. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament exclusively for wrestlers holding CMLL-recognized champions; first held in 2009, making the 2016 version the eight overall tournament.

Mexico City, Mexico

Glory By Honor XV

Glory By Honor XV was a two night, two city professional wrestling event produced by the U.S.-based wrestling promotion Ring of Honor, and the 15th Glory By Honor. The first night of the event took place on October 14, 2016 at the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. The second part of the event took place on October 15, 2016 at Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan.

Illinois, United States · Chicago, United States

2016 Vancouver International Film Festival

The 2016 Vancouver International Film Festival, the 35th event in the history of the Vancouver International Film Festival, was held from September 29 to October 14, 2016. The festival's opening gala film was Aisling Walsh's Maudie, and its closing gala was Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Canada

2017 Louisiana State Treasurer special election

The Louisiana State Treasurer special election took place on October 14, 2017, to elect the state treasurer of Louisiana, with a runoff election to be held on November 18, 2017, if necessary. Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy resigned after he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. First Assistant Treasurer Ron Henson replaced Kennedy as treasurer, and served until the special election.

Louisiana, United States

14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings

On 14 October 2017, two truck bombings took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, killing at least 587 people and injuring 316 others. Almost all of the casualties were caused by one of the trucks which detonated when the driver, while attempting to escape from security officials, crashed through a barrier and exploded in the Hodan District, destroying a hotel.

Somalia

2017 Vancouver municipal by-election

A municipal by-election was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 14, 2017. One empty seat on city council and all the seats on the Vancouver school board were filled. These elections were held outside the normal four-year schedule. Unlike in full elections, voters were only asked to elect one councillor and nine school board trustees rather than the full complement of elected municipal positions.

2017 Murray state by-election

A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Murray on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Adrian Piccoli (National), former deputy leader of the National Party. The National Party barely retained the seat and, after distribution of preferences, Austin Evans was elected.

2017 Cootamundra state by-election

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Cootamundra on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Katrina Hodgkinson (National). The by-election was won by Steph Cooke for the National Party on preferences. The Nationals suffered a 20% swing on first preference votes and 10% on a two-party basis. The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections in Blacktown and Murray.

2017 Blacktown state by-election

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of Blacktown on 14 October 2017. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of John Robertson (Labor). Robertson served as state Leader of the Opposition from 2011 until 2014. The by-election was held on the same day as by-elections Cootamundra and Murray.

2017 Kazakhstan Cup final

The 2017 Kazakhstan Cup final was the 26th final of the Kazakhstan Cup since the countries independence. The match was contested between FC Kairat and FC Atyrau.

2017 New Orleans mayoral election

The 2017 New Orleans mayoral election was held on November 18, 2017. On October 14 all candidates competed on one ballot regardless of party registration (called the nonpartisan blanket primary or "Louisiana primary"). Incumbent Democratic Mayor Mitch Landrieu was term-limited and could not seek reelection. This was the first time since the 1977 that New Orleans elections were held in the fall as opposed to February and March.

This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.

Global Wars 2017

Global Wars 2017 was a professional wrestling tour co-produced by the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and Japanese New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotions. The tour's four events took place on October 12 at Buffalo RiverWorks in Buffalo, New York, October 13 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 14 at Express Live! in Columbus, Ohio, and October 15 at Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park, Illinois.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

Impact One Night Only (2018)

One Night Only is a series of professional wrestling events held by the American promotion Impact Wrestling in 2018. Beginning with the 2018 events, the series became exclusive to Global Wrestling Network, rather than be distributed on pay-per-view. All the 2018 events were co-promoted with independent promotions across North America.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

Canada

2018 Belgian local elections

The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2018 took place on Sunday 14 October 2018. They are organised by the respective regions: Brussels with 19 municipalities Flanders with 5 provinces and 300 (down from 308) municipalities In the city of Antwerp, elections will also be held for its nine districts Wallonia with 5 provinces and 262 municipalities In the German-speaking Community, the elections are organised by that community rather than the Walloon Region In the municipalities with language facilities of Voeren, Comines-Warneton and the 6 of the Brussels Periphery, the aldermen and members of the OCMW/CPAS council are directly elected.

Belgium

2018 Bavarian state election

The 2018 Bavarian state election took place on 14 October 2018 to elect the 180 members of the 18th Landtag of Bavaria. The outgoing government was a majority of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), led by Minister President Markus Söder. The CSU recorded its worst result since 1950 with 37% of votes, a decline of over ten percentage points, although it remained by far the largest party in the Landtag.

Bavaria, Germany

Bound for Glory (2018)

The 2018 Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 14, 2018, at the Melrose Ballroom in Astoria, New York. It was the fourteenth event under the Bound for Glory chronology. Eight matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Johnny Impact defeated Austin Aries for the Impact World Championship.

United States

2021 Beirut clashes

The 2021 Beirut clashes, also known as the Tayouneh Incident or Mini May 7, occurred in the Tayouneh neighborhood of the Lebanese capital of Beirut on 14 October 2021 between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, and unidentified gunmen allegedly associated with the Lebanese Forces, and the Lebanese Armed Forces, resulting in the death of seven people and injury of 32 others, and the arrest of nine by the Lebanese Armed Forces.

Beirut, Lebanon

2021 John Deere strike

The 2021 John Deere strike was a labor strike in the United States that began on October 14 and ended on November 17, and involved about 10,000 employees for John Deere, a manufacturer of agricultural and heavy machinery. These employees are members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union, which had been negotiating a new contract with John Deere for several months.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

United States

2022 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies election

The election of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies who would serve through the legislature XIX of Italy took place on 13 and 14 October 2022, almost four weeks after the 2022 Italian general election. Lorenzo Fontana, a member of the Lega was elected on the fourth ballot with 222 votes.

Italy

27th Busan International Film Festival

The 27th Busan International Film Festival (Korean: 제27회 부산국제영화제) was held from October 5 at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea till October 14. This year, the festival restarted events and program sections which were not conducted due to COVID-19 for last 2 years. The festival opened with Iranian film Scent of the Wind by director Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh, Jeon Yeo-been with Ryu Jun-yeol were master of ceremonies for the opening ceremony.

This entry records the closing, as dated in the source infobox.

2023 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2023 Louisiana lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on October 14, 2023, to elect the lieutenant governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser was re-elected to a third consecutive term with more than 65% of votes. Under Louisiana's two round system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.

Louisiana, United States

2023 New Zealand general election

A general election took place in New Zealand on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th New Zealand Parliament. Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives under the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system, with 71 members elected from single-member electorates and the remaining 51 members elected from closed party lists.

New Zealand

2023 Louisiana State Senate election

The 2023 Louisiana State Senate election was held on October 14, 2023, with runoff elections held on November 18, 2023. All 39 seats in the Louisiana State Senate were up for election to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Louisiana House of Representatives. Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.

Louisiana, United States

2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election

The 2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 2023, to elect the governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Governor John Bel Edwards was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.

Louisiana, United States

Slaughterhouse (2023)

Slaughterhouse (2023) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It was the first annual Slaughterhouse and took place on October 14, 2023, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was MLW's third live special produced for FITE, with additional matches being taped for future episodes of MLW Fusion.

Philadelphia, United States

2023 Louisiana House of Representatives election

The 2023 Louisiana House of Representatives election was held on October 14, 2023, with runoff elections held on November 18, 2023. All 105 seats in the Louisiana House of Representatives were up for election to four-year terms. It was held concurrently with elections for all statewide offices and the Louisiana State Senate.

Louisiana, United States

2023 Louisiana elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Louisiana on October 14, 2023, with second rounds held on November 18 where needed. Louisiana uses a two round system, where all candidates from all parties share the same ballot in the first round, and if no candidate wins an absolute majority, a runoff between the top two is held.

Louisiana, United States

UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza

UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza (also known as UFC Fight Night 230, UFC on ESPN+ 88, and UFC Vegas 81) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 14, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Nevada, United States

2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum

The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum was a constitutional referendum held on 14 October 2023 in which the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice was rejected. Voters were asked to approve an alteration to the Australian Constitution that would recognise Indigenous Australians in the document through prescribing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice that would have been able to make representations to Federal Parliament and the executive government on "matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples".

Australia holds the Indigenous Voice referendum

On October 14, 2023, Australia held a referendum on a constitutional amendment to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Voters rejected the proposal.

The date refers to polling day; the final count was completed later.

Australia

2023 Louisiana Attorney General election

The 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election was held on November 18, 2023, to elect the next attorney general of Louisiana, with the first round occurring on October 14. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry retired to successfully run for governor, leading to an open race. In the runoff, Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek by a margin of 33 percent.

This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

2024 New York Film Festival

The 62nd New York Film Festival took place September 27 to October 14, 2024, presented by Film at Lincoln Center. RaMell Ross' historical drama film Nickel Boys was the opening film. Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door was the festival's centerpiece. Steve McQueen's Blitz was the closing film.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

United States

2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

The 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on October 14, 2025, to elect members to the 51st General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. In a major upset, Tony Wakeham led the Progressive Conservatives to a majority government for the first time since 2011. With a popular vote share of 44.4%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador's electoral history.

Madagascar’s National Assembly votes to impeach Rajoelina

On October 14, 2025, Madagascar’s National Assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina after he issued a decree dissolving the assembly. The presidency disputed the legality of the vote.

This entry records the parliamentary vote, separately from the military takeover.

Madagascar