What is September 14?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[81]] &ndash; [[Domitian]] becomes Roman Emperor. * [[1180]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ishibashiyama]] in [[Japan]]. * [[1509]] &ndash; [[Constantinople]] is hit by an [[earthquake]], killing 13,000. * [[1515]] &ndash; After the [[Battle of Marignano]] and defeat to [[France|French]] forces, [[Switzerland]] declares itself 'for ever' neutral. * [[1741]] &ndash; [[George Frideric Handel]] completes his oratorio ''Messiah''. * [[1752]] &ndash; The [[British Empire]] adopts the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. In the change, the dates from [[September 3]] to [[September 13]] are missed out. * [[1763]] &ndash; [[Seneca]] warriors defeat British forces at the [[Battle of Devil's Hole]], during [[Pontiac's War]]. * [[1791]] &ndash; The [[Papal States]] lose [[Avignon]] to [[France]]. * [[1808]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: [[Russia]]n forces defeat [[Sweden|Swedish]] ones in the [[Battle of Oravais]]. * [[1812]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The French Grande Armée enters [[Moscow]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; The [[poem]] ''Defense of Fort McHenry'' is written by [[Francis Scott Key]]. The [[poem]] is later used for the words in [[The Star-Spangled Banner]]. * [[1829]] &ndash; The [[Russo-Turkish War]] ends. * [[1846]] &ndash; Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the [[Nepal]]ese Royal Court. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: [[Winfield Scott]] captures [[Mexico City]]. * [[1856]] &ndash; [[Battle]] of San Jacinto in [[Nicaragua]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of South Mountain]], part of the [[Maryland Campaign]], is fought. * [[1897]] &ndash; [[Battleship]] ''SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II'' is launched. === 1900 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1901]] &ndash; [[President of the United States]] [[William McKinley]] dies more than one week after being shot by [[Leon Czolgosz]]. He is succeeded by [[Theodore Roosevelt]], who becomes the 26th [[President of the United States]]. * [[1917]] &ndash; [[Russia]] is officially proclaimed a [[Republic]]. * [