January 14

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[edit] Events

  • 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Knights Templar at the Council of Troyes.
  • 1301 - Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Arpad dynasty in Hungary.
  • 1501 - Martin Luther, 17, enters the University of Erfurt.
  • 1514 - Pope Leo X issues a papal bull against slavery.
  • 1539 - Spain annexes Cuba.
  • 1639 - The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
  • 1724 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
  • 1761 - The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. The Afghan victory changed the course of Indian History.
  • 2004 - The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.

[edit] Births

  • 83BC - Marcus Antonius, Roman politician (d. 30 BC)
  • 1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist (d. 1522)
  • 1477 - Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
  • 1507 - Catherine of Austria, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal
  • 1551 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
  • 1615 - John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
  • 1684 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
  • 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American general (d. 1801)

[edit] Deaths

  • 1163 - Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
  • 1331 - Odoric, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
  • 1640 - Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
  • 1676 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
  • 1679 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
  • 1742 - Edmond Halley, English scientist (b. 1656)
  • 1753 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685)
  • 1898 - Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832)
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