What is February 14?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[842]] &ndash; [[Charles the Bald]] and [[Louis the German]] swear the oaths of [[Strasbourg]] in the [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]] [[language]]s respectively. * [[1009]] &ndash; First documented mention of [[Lithuania]] * [[1014]] &ndash; [[Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor]] is crowned. * [[1076]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory VII]] excommunicates [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1349]] &ndash; Several hundred [[Judaism|Jews]] are burned to death by mobs while the remainder of their population are forced from the city of [[Strasbourg]]. * [[1556]] &ndash; In [[England]], [[Thomas Cranmer]] is declared a heretic. He is later burned at the stake. * [[1648]] &ndash; A [[storm]] [[flood]] affects the Holstein area of present–day Northern [[Germany]]. * [[1778]] &ndash; The [[Flag of the United States]] is formally recognised by a foreign vessel for the first time. * [[1779]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] is killed by Native [[Hawaii]]ans. * [[1779]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Kettle Creek]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. * [[1797]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent]] – The British [[Royal Navy]] defeats a Spanish fleet near [[Gibraltar]]. * [[1804]] &ndash; [[Karadjordje]] leads the first [[Serbia]]n Uprising against the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; In [[New York City]] [[James K. Polk]] becomes the first sitting US president to have his [[photograph]] taken. * [[1852]] &ndash; The [[Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children]] in [[London]] is opened. * [[1853]] &ndash; [[Mormon]] leader [[Brigham Young]] lays the foundation stone for the Salt Lake Temple in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]. * [[1855]] &ndash; [[Texas]] is linked by [[telegraph]] to the rest of the [[United States]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[Oregon]] becomes the 33rd State of the [[US]]. * [[1876]] &ndash; [[Alexander Graham Bell]] and [[Elisha Gray]] both apply for a patent for the [[telephone]]. * [[1879]] &nd