What is August 14?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[29 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] celebrates the second of his three consecutive triumphs in [[Rome]] after his victory over the [[Dalmatia]]ns. * [[1040]] &ndash; [[Macbeth]] kills King [[Duncan I of Scotland]], and crowns himself [[King of Scotland]]. * [[1352]] &ndash; [[War of the Breton Succession]]: The Anglo-Britons defeat the French in the [[Battle of Mauron]]. * [[1385]] &ndash; The [[Battle]] of Aljubarrota is fought, in which forces of King [[John I of Portugal]] defeat those of King [[John I of Castile]]. * [[1415]] &ndash; [[Henry the Navigator]] leads [[Portugal|Portuguese]] forces to victory over the Marinids at the [[Battle of Ceuta]]. * [[1502]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] lands in present-day [[Honduras]]; this is the first time he sets foot on the mainland of the [[Americas]]. * [[1592]] &ndash; [[Imjin War]]: [[Battle of Hansan Island]] – [[Admiral]] [[Yi Sun-sin]] decisively defeats the [[Japan]]ese [[Navy]] at Hansan Island. * [[1762]] &ndash; English forces take [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] during the [[Seven Years' War]]. * [[1816]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] annexes the [[Tristan da Cunha]] [[archipelago]] in the South Atlantic. * [[1842]] &ndash; [[Seminole]] [[Native Americans]] are forced from [[Florida]] to [[Oklahoma]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The [[Oregon]] territory is created by an act of the [[United States Congress]]. * [[1880]] &ndash; After taking more than 600 years, the construction of [[Cologne Cathedral]] is completed. * [[1885]] &ndash; [[Japan]]'s first [[patent]] is issued to the [[inventor]] of rust-proof paint. * [[1888]] &ndash; [[Denmark|Danish]] passenger steamer ''Geiser'' sinks off [[Sable Island]] after a collision with a ship of the same shipping line, killing 118 people. * [[1893]] &ndash; [[France]] introduces motor vehicle registration. * [[1900]] &ndash; The Eight-Nation Alliance occupy [[Beijing]], [[China]], in an attempt to end of the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1912]] &ndash; [[US]