What is July 14?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[756]] &ndash; [[An Lushan Rebellion]]: [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang]] of [[China]] flees the capital [[Chang'an]] as [[An Lushan]]'s forces advance toward the [[city]]. * [[1223]] &ndash; [[Louis VIII of France|Louis VIII]] becomes King of [[France]]. * [[1769]] &ndash; Spanish soldier [[Gaspar de Portola]] leads the first European land expedition to present–day [[California]]. * [[1771]] &ndash; Foundation of the [[Mission]] San Antonio de [[Padua]] in modern [[California]] by the [[Franciscan order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] [[Junipero Serra]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; The [[Bastille]] is attacked, starting the [[French Revolution]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; The citizens of [[Paris]] celebrate the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the [[Fete de la Federation]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; [[La Marseillaise]] becomes the [[national anthem]] of [[France]] * [[1798]] &ndash; The [[Sedition]] Act becomes [[law]] in the [[United States]], making it a federal crime to write, publish or say heavily critical or false statements about the [[United States Government]]. * [[1853]] &ndash; Start of the first major [[World's Fair]] to take place in the [[United States]], the [[Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations]] in [[New York City]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; The first ascent of the [[Matterhorn]] is made, by a team lead by [[Edward Whymper]]. Four members of the group die on the way back down. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[Piz Buin]], the highest peak in the [[Austria]]n state of [[Vorarlberg]], first climbed by a [[team]] of four led by [[Joseph Anton Specht]]. * [[1881]] &ndash; At [[Fort Sumner]], [[New Mexico]], [[Pat Garrett]] shoots and kills [[Billy the Kid]]. * [[1900]] &ndash; The Armies of the [[Eight Nation Alliance]] capture [[Tientsin]], [[China]], during the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1902]] &ndash; The [[Campanile]] in [[Saint Mark's Square]], [[Venice]], collapses. * [[1911]] &ndash; [[Henry Atwood]], an [[exhibition]] [[pilot]] for the [[