What happened in 1914?
412 recorded events in 1914, including 141 in people, 105 in wars & conflicts and 63 in architecture & engineering. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 2
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination triggers a chain of alliances that leads to the outbreak of World War I.
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Panama Canal opens
The Panama Canal opens to traffic, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and reshaping global trade.
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Wars & Conflicts 105
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First Battle of the Marne
1914 First World War battle
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Battle of Tannenberg
1914 battle between Russia and Germany
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Battle of Liège
1914 opening engagement of the German invasion of Belgium during WWI
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First Battle of Ypres
1914 First World War battle fought for the strategic town of Ypres
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Battle of Galicia
1914 battle in World War I
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Battle of Sarikamish
1914 battle between the Russian and Ottoman empires during World War I
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First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
World War I battle in 1914
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Battle of Coronel
Naval battle of 1 November 1914 off the coast of central Chile in World War I
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Battle of the Frontiers
1914 series of battles; part of the Western Front of World War I
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Siege of Przemyśl
1914, 2nd siege
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Siege of Tsingtao
1914 siege
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Battle of Stallupönen
1914 battle
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Siege of Antwerp
1914 engagement between the German and the Belgian armies during World War I
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Battle of Kolubara
1914 battle during World War I
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Battle of Cer
Battle fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914
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Battle of Gumbinnen
1914 battle
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Battle of Charleroi
1914 battle
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Battle of Tanga
1914 battle
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Battle of Mons
1914 battle during World War I
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Battle of the Yser
Battle which took place in October 1914
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Battle of the Ardennes
1914 one of the opening battles of World War I
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First Battle of the Aisne
1914 battle on the Western Front of World War I
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Battle of Łódź
1914 World War One battle
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First Battle of Champagne
Battle fought from 20 December 1914 – 17 March 1915 in World War I
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Battle of Lorraine
1914 battle of World War I
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Battle of Mulhouse
1914 battle
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Russian invasion of East Prussia
1914 battle
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Battle of Haelen
1914 battle
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Battle of St. Quentin
1914 battle of the first world war
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Battle of Kraśnik
1914 battle
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Battle of the Vistula River
1914 battle of First World War
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Battle of Penang
1914 naval battle of the First World War
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Battle of Le Cateau
Battle fought on 26 August 1914
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Battle of Drina
1914 battle
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Battle of Arras
1914 battle during the First World War
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Battle of Komarów
1914 battle
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Battle of Basra
1914 a WWI battle in Iraq (British vs Ottoman)
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Battle of Limanowa
1-13 December 1914
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Battle of Cocos
1914 naval battle near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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Battle of Sandfontein
1914 battle
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Siege of Maubeuge
1914 siege of World War I
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Fao Landing
1914 battle in the first world war
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Bombardment of Papeete
1914 battle
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Battle of Rufiji Delta
1914 naval battle of the East African Campaign
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Battle of Albert
1914 battle
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Battle of Messines
1914 battle
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Battle of Qurna
1914 battle of World War I
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Bergmann Offensive
1914 First battle of the Caucasus Campaign of WW1
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Battle of Ardahan
1914 World War I battle
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First Battle of Artois
1914 battle fought during World War I
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Battle of Gnila Lipa
1914 battle
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Battle of Rawa
1914 battle
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Siege of Namur
1914 battle of the German invasion of Belgium during WWI
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Battle of Grand Couronné
1914 early battle between French and German forces in World War I
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Second Thirty Years' War
Periodization scheme encompassing European wars from 1914 to 1945
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Battle of Armentières
1914 battle during the First World War
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Battle of Kilimanjaro
1914 battle
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Carpathian Front
1914 theater of conflict during World War I
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Battle of La Bassée
1914 battle
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Battle of Zacatecas
Battle of the Mexican Revolution
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Battle of Dinant
1914 battle in WWI
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Battle of Flirey
1914 First World War battle
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Battle of el-Hri
Battle against French protectorate of Morocco, 1914
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Zaian War
War between France and the Zaian confederation of Berber tribes in Morocco between 1914 and 1921
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Battle of Bita Paka
1914 Australian invasion of German New Guinea
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Battle of Naulila
Battle of the German campaign in Angola (1914)
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Battle of Río de Oro
Single-ship action fought during the First World War
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First Battle of Picardy
1914 battle during the First World War
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Siege of Toma
1914 bloodless action during World War I on the island of New Pomerania
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Battle of Trindade
1914 battle
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Burning of Louvain
World War I destruction in Leuven
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Action at Néry
1914 battle of the First World War
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Battle of Givenchy
1914 military operations during the First World War
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Battle of the Trouée de Charmes
1914 battle
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Zeitun Resistance
Battles involving Armenian National movement
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Battle of Kraków (1914)
World War I battle
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Battle of Łowczówek
1914 battle during the first world war
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Battle of Rossignol
1914 battle of the First World War
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Second Battle of Torreón
Second Battle of Torreón (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Augustów
1914 battle on the Eastern Front of the First World War
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Battle of Mołotków
1914 battle
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Battle of Mörchingen and Dieuze
1914 battle
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Siege of Mora
1916 siege
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Battle of Chra
1914 conflict between Anglo-French and German colonial forces
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Battle of Nsanakong
1914 battle
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Battle of Kusseri
1914 battle
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Battle of Le Grand Fayt
1914 British military action in World War I
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Battle of Tepe
1914 first World War battle
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Battle of Sarrebourg
1914 battle of World War I
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Battle of Krzywopłoty
1914 battle
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First Battle of Edea
1914 battle
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Battle of Dornach
1914 battle
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Battle of Lai
1914 battle during the First World War
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Action of Elouges
Action of Elouges (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Ukoko
Battle of Ukoko (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Laski and Anielin
Battle of Laski and Anielin (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Agbeluvhoe
1914 conflict between Anglo-French and Gerrman colonial forces
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Battle of Jabassi
1914 battle during WWI
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Ovillers-la-Boisselle in World War I
1914 battle
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Battle of Bzurą 1914
1914 battle
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Battle of Étreux
1914 battle on the Western Front of World War I
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Defence of Festubert
First World War engagement on Western Front
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First Battle of Garua
1914 battle
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Battle of Buggenhout
World War I battle in East Flanders, Belgium
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Naulila Incident
1914 battle
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Politics & Government 4
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Ottoman-German Alliance
Bilateral relation
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Protocol of Corfu
1914 agreement recognizing Northern Epirus
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Bulgarian–Ottoman alliance
1914 alliance between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria
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Treaty of Serbian–Albanian Alliance
1914 alliance between Serbia and Albania
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People 141
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Frédéric Mistral died
Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria died
Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)
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Jean Jaurès died
French / Occitan Socialist leader (1859-1914)
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Jules Lemaître died
French critic and dramatist (1853-1914)
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Charles Sanders Peirce died
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
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John Muir died
Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
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Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky died
Russian geographer, art collector and statistician
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Georgy Sedov died
Russian Arctic explorer (1877–1914)
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John Murray died
Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist (1841-1914)
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Pius X died
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint
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Constantine V of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople (1833-1914)
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George Westinghouse died
American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)
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Louis Couturat died
French logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (1868–1914)
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John Henry Poynting died
British physicist (1852-1914)
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Joseph Swan died
British physicist and inventor (1828-1914)
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Theodore Nicholas Gill died
American biologist (1837–1914)
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George William Hill died
American astronomer and mathematician (1838–1914)
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Johann Wilhelm Hittorf died
German physicist (1824–1914)
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David Gill died
Scottish astronomer (1843-1914)
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Charles Martin Hall died
American chemist (1863-1914)
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Georgy Brusilov died
Russian explorer and navy officer (1884–1914)
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Émile Gentil died
French colonial administrator, naval officer, and colonial military leader (1866-1914)
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Fernand Foureau died
French explorer, colonial administrator, and Governor of Martinique from 1908 to 1913 (1850 – 1914)
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Feodosy Chernyshyov died
Russian geologist and paleontologist (1856-1914)
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William Woodville Rockhill died
American diplomat and Sinologist (1854–1914)
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James Murray died
British biologist and explorer (1865-1914)
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Nestor Buinitsky died
Russian engineer (1863–1914)
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John W. Barlow died
Chief of Engineers of the United States Army (1838–1914)
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Andreas Beck died
Norwegian explorer
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Thomas Edward Gordon died
Scottish soldier, diplomat and artist (1832-1914)
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Giuseppe Vigoni died
Italian explorer and geographer (1846–1914)
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Lillian M. N. Stevens died
American temperance worker
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Paul Héroult died
French inventor (1863–1914)
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Edward S. Holden died
American astronomer (1846-1914)
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Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem died
French botanist and biologist (1839–1914)
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Angelo Moriondo died
Italian inventor known for inventing the first espresso machine (1851–1914)
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Ida Freund died
Austrian-British chemist
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Margaret E. Knight died
American inventor (1838–1914)
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Nils Christoffer Dunér died
Swedish astronomer (1839-1914)
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John Philip Holland died
Irish-American marine engineer (1841–1914)
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Adolf Martens died
German metallurgist (1850–1914)
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Wordsworth Donisthorpe died
Anarchist and inventor (1847–1914)
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George Crum died
Popularized potato chips
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Frederick W. True died
American biologist, mammalogist and curator (1858-1914)
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Carl Theodore Liebermann died
German chemist (1842-1914)
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Paul Mauser died
German weapon designer and manufacturer (1838-1914)
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Mordecai Cubitt Cooke died
English botanist and mycologist (1825–1914)
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Eugène Balme died
Sport shooter (1874-1914)
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Herman Frasch died
United States mining engineer and inventor (1851–1914)
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Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl died
Swiss entomologist (1823-1914)
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Alexander Ross Clarke died
British geodesist (1828–1914)
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Angelo Mariani died
French chemist (1838–1914)
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Amanda Jones died
American author and inventor (1835–1914)
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Johann Puch died
Businessman (1862–1914)
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Ottó Herman died
Hungarian archaeologist, ethnographer, biologist, politician (1835–1914)
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Otto Sackur died
German chemist (1880–1914)
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Alistair Mackay died
Scottish physician, biologist, and explorer (1878-1914)
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Hermann Joseph Klein died
German astronomer and meteorologist (1844–1914)
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Werner Boy died
German mathematician (1879-1914)
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Adolf Lieben died
Austrian chemist (1836-1914)
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Ferenc Kossuth died
Hungarian politician, engineer (1841–1914)
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Jorge Newbery died
Argentine aviator (1875-1914)
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Hanna Hammarström died
Businessperson
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August Wöhler died
German engineer (1819–1914)
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Edwin J. Houston died
American businessman (1847-1914)
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A. E. J. Collins died
English cricketer and soldier (1885-1914)
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G. S. Carr died
British mathematician (1837-1914)
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Richard Helms died
German born Australian/New Zealand botanist, entomologist, explorer and collector (1842-1914)
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Heinrich Vogelsang died
German merchant and explorer (1862-1914)
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Henri Maître died
French explorer (1883-1914)
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Samuel Barrett Miles died
British Arabist and Army officer
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Stanley Portal Hyatt died
English explorer, hunter, and writer (1877–1914)
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Emma Packe died
New Zealand temperance activist
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Benjamin Bryan died
English journalist, editor, writer, and activist (1840–1914)
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Anna Priestman died
(1828–1914), social reformer and campaigner for women's rights
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Isabella Skea died
Scottish campaigner for women's rights and headteacher
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Catherine Forrester Paton died
(1855–1914), philanthropist and a founder of women's missionary training in Scotland
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Brandon Thomas died
British dramatist and actor (1848–1914)
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Jean Bouin died
French middle-distance runner (1888-1914)
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Anna Yesipova died
Russian pianist (1851-1914)
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Octavio Paz born
Born in Mexico City. Mexican writer, poet an diplomat (1914–1998).
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Yuri Andropov born
Born in Soluno-Dmitriyevskoye. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1914–1984).
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Louis de Funès born
Born in Courbevoie. French actor and comedian (1914–1983).
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Julio Cortázar born
Born in Brussels. Argentine writer and translator (1914–1984).
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Thor Heyerdahl born
Born in Larvik. Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914-2002).
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Tove Jansson born
Born in Helsingborg. Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001).
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William S. Burroughs born
Born in St. Louis. American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997).
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Dylan Thomas born
Born in Swansea. Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953).
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Mohammed Zahir Shah born
Born in Kabul. King of Afghanistan (1933-1973).
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Jack LaLanne born
Born in San Francisco. American exercise instructor (1914–2011).
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Romain Gary born
Born in Vilnius. French writer and diplomat (1914–1980).
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Karl Carstens born
Born in Bremen. President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992).
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Jiang Qing born
Born in Zhucheng. Chinese political figure and wife of Mao Zedong (1914–1991).
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Bohumil Hrabal born
Born in Židenice. Czech writer (1914–1997).
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Martin Gardner born
Born in Tulsa. American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010).
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Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr born
Born in Tikrit. Iraqi president (1914–1982).
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Tyrone Power born
Born in Cincinnati. American actor (1914-1958).
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Noor Inayat Khan born
Born in Moscow. WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944).
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Abd al-Karim Qasim born
Born in Baghdad. Iraqi Army brigadier, nationalist and first prime minister of Iraq after the fall of the monarchy.
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Nicanor Parra born
Born in San Fabián. Chilean writer, poet, mathematician, and physicist (1914-2018).
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Sun Ra born
Born in Birmingham. American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993).
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Hanna Reitsch born
Born in Jelenia Góra. German aviator (1912–1979).
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Michael Wittmann born
Born in Vogelthal. German Waffen-SS tank commander.
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Edmund Muskie born
Born in Rumford. American politician (1914–1996).
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Lakshmi Sahgal born
Born in Chennai. Officer in the Indian National Army (INA) and former presidential candidate of India.
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Alfred Andersch born
Born in Munich. Prosaist, short story writer, publisher, and radio editor (1914-1980).
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Juan Carlos Onganía born
Born in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires. President of Argentina from 1966 to 1970.
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Gyula Cseszneky born
Born in Stráňany. Hungarian aristocrat, poet, cavalry officer (1914-1970).
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John Berryman born
Born in McAlester. American poet and scholar (1914–1972).
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Carlos Castillo Armas born
Born in Quetzaltenango. Guatemalan President (1914-1957).
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Creighton Abrams born
Born in Springfield. United States Army General (1914-1974).
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Alberto Lattuada born
Born in Vaprio d'Adda. Italian film director (1914–2005).
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Arno Schmidt born
Born in Hamburg. German poet (1914–1979).
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Philippe Ariès born
Born in Blois. French academic and historian (1914-1984).
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Tito Okello born
Born in Kitgum District. Former President of Uganda from 29th July 1985 to 26th January 1986..
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Daniel J. Boorstin born
Born in Atlanta. American historian (1914–2004).
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Jan Karski born
Born in Łódź. Polish World War II officer, resistance fighter and diplomat (1914–2000).
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Joan Pujol García born
Born in Barcelona. Spanish spy, double agent for the British in World War II.
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Orhan Veli Kanık born
Born in Constantinople. Turkish poet (1914–1950).
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Hugh Trevor-Roper born
Born in Glanton. British historian (1914-2003).
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Sam Manekshaw born
Born in Amritsar. First Field marshal of the Indian Army (1914–2008).
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Alan Bullock born
Born in Trowbridge. British historian (1914-2004).
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Vjekoslav Luburić born
Born in Ljubuški. Croatian war criminal; Ustaše official who headed the system of concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during much of World War II (1913-1969).
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Julio Caro born
Born in Madrid. Spanish academic (1914–1995).
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Jean-Pierre Vernant born
Born in Provins. French historian and anthropologist (1914–2007).
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Louis, Prince Napoléon born
Born in Brussels. Pretender to the throne of France (1914–1997).
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Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven born
Born in Kuressaare. German general (1914–2007).
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Julián Marías born
Born in Valladolid. Spanish philosopher (1914-2005).
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Erich Topp born
Born in Hanover. German admiral and U-boat commander during World War II.
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Harry F. Byrd Jr. born
Born in Winchester. Politician from the United States (1914-2013).
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Henri Laborit born
Born in Hanoi. French physician, writer and philosopher (1914-1995).
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Michael Grant born
Born in London. British classicist, numismatist, historian and author (1914-2004).
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Albrecht Brandi born
Born in Dortmund. German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander.
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Hans Hellmut Kirst born
Born in Ostróda. German writer (1914–1989).
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Albert Soboul born
Born in Ammi Moussa. French historian.
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Max Manus born
Born in Bergen. Norwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War, author and business manager (1914–1996).
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Adolf Diekmann born
Born in Magdeburg. SS officer (1914–1944).
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Wayne Morris born
Born in Los Angeles. American actor (1914-1959).
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Sándor Képíró born
Born in Sarkad. Hungarian police officer (1914–2011).
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Nils Christoffer Dunér died
Died in Stockholm City. Swedish astronomer (1839-1914).
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Wordsworth Donisthorpe died
Died in Shottermill. Anarchist and inventor (1847–1914).
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Science & Technology 23
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Expedition Endurance
British Antarctic expedition from 1914 to 1917
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The Hague Academy of International Law
School of international law in the Netherlands
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Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Botanical garden and arboretum in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Historic estate on Biscayne Bay; Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida
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Congressional Research Service
United States federal agency
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Johnson & Wales University, Providence
Private university based in Providence, Rhode Island
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Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University
University in Minsk, Belarus
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Ural State Mining University
University in Russia
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Poltava National Pedagogical University
Education organization in Poltava, Ukraine
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Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium
Research laboratory of Philips (NatLab)
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National Defense University of Ukraine
Public university in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Jamia Islamia Yunusia
Islamis university in Bangladesh
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Middlesex University
University in Massachusetts, United States
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Academic publisher
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Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Hospital in Liverpool, England, UK, opened 1914
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Botanical Garden and Zoo of Asunción
Botanical garden and zoo located in Asunción, Paraguay
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Federal University of Alfenas
Federal public university in Alfenas, Minas Gerais
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Dunwoody College of Technology
Private technology school in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Walther Schücking Institute of International Law
Law school in Kiel, Germany
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Ågrenska Foundation
Hospital
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Reynolda Gardens
Botanical garden in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Red October power plant
Power station in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Exploration & Discovery 9
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Zhokhov Island
Island in De Long Islands, Russia
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Trois Frères Cave
Cave in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings
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Cave of Candamo
Cave
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Vindel Parchment
Mediaeval parchment fragment containing seven songs by Martín Codax
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Bonn–Oberkassel dog
Late Paleolithic dog specimen
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Sakajia Cave Natural Monument
Cave in Georgia
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Jolfa Railway Station
Railway station in Iran
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Asahidake Onsen
Hot spring village in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
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Shukhov Tower Cherkasy
Hyperboloid water tower in Cherkasy, Ukraine
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Religion & Belief Systems 11
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1914 conclave
Conclave
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Juma Mosque in Shaki
Historic mosque in Azerbaijan
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Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue
Synagogue located in Paris, in France
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Derbent Synagogue
Synagogue in Derbent, Dagestan, Russia
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Great Synagogue
Former synagogue in Constanța, Romania
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Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Nedvigovka
Temple in Nedvigovka, Russia
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Åsebakken Priory
Abbey
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Bakırköy Synagogue
Synagogue
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Szejrit Bne Emuna Prayerhouse of Kazimierz, Kraków
Szejrit Bne Emuna Prayerhouse of Kazimierz, Kraków (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. Martin
Filial church in Nassenhausen, Germany
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Church of Saint Catherine
Church of Saint Catherine (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 24
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Maserati
Italian luxury car manufacturer
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Merrill
American investing and wealth management division of Bank of America
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Non-profit performance-rights organization
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Greyhound Lines
North American intercity bus service
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Nash Motors
American automobile manufacturer
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LOMO
Company
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Booz Allen Hamilton
Technology consulting firm from the United States
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Outokumpu
Group of international companies headquartered in Helsinki, Finland
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Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon
Exposition International urbaine de Lyon
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Zagrebačka banka
Largest bank in Croatia
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New York Central Railroad
American Class I railroad (1914-1968)
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Wesfarmers
Australian conglomerate based in Perth, Western Australia
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Desoutter Tools
Assembly and Drilling tools
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Danieli
Company
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Brooks Sports
Sportswear company
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Coles Supermarkets
Australian supermarket chain
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Haglöfs
Company
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Iraq Petroleum Company
1925-1961 Iraqi oil monopoly
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Wacker Chemie AG
German company
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
Company
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MSA Safety
Manufacturing company in Pennsylvania
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E. Marinella
Italian necktie company founded by Eugenio Marinella in 1914 in Naples
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Odfjell SE
Norwegian shipping company
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Glycine Watch SA
Wristwatch manufacturer
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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1914 Akita-Senboku earthquake
Earthquake struck Akita Prefecture, Honshu, Japan on March 14, 1914 (UTC)
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Burdur earthquake of 1914
7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Burdur in southwestern Turkey on October 4, 1914
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Maritz Rebellion
Conflict
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anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo
Riots in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914
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Kurdish rebellions during World War I
Rebellions against the Ottoman Empire
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Architecture & Engineering 63
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Stade de la Meinau
Football stadium in Strasbourg, France
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Church of Colònia Güell
Cultural property in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain
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Poniatowski Bridge
Bridge in Poland
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St. Joseph's Church
Church building in Nazareth, Israel
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Gedächtniskirche
Church in Speyer
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Rosenau Church
Church
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Frogner stadion
Stadium in Oslo, Norway
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St Ann's Church
Church in Noord, Aruba
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Estádio da Curuzú
Football stadium in Belém, Brazil
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Laranjeiras Palace
Building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Temple Sinai
Synagogue building in California, United States of America
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Bremanger Church
Church in Vestland, Norway
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Andørja Church
Church in Ibestad, Norway
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Anna Church
Church building in Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
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Bjerkvik Church
Church in Narvik, Norway
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Sand Church
Kirke i Hadsel, Norway
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Alavus Church
Church building in Alavus, Finland
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Uskedal Church
Church building in Kvinnherad, Norway
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Nordlandet Church
Church building in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Lomen Church
Church of Norway church building in Vestre Slidre Municipality, Norway
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Palmer Stadium
Stadium in Princeton, NJ, USA
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Davis Wade Stadium
Stadium at Mississippi State University
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St Martin's Church, Arlon
Church located in Arlon, Belgium
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Sjøli Church
Church in Rendalen, Innlandet, Norway
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Moen Church
Church building in Gran, Innlandet, Norway
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Saint Ignatius Church
Church building in San Francisco, United States of America
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Vivestad church
Church building in Re, Vestfold, Norway
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St. Augustine's Church
Church building in Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
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Vadheim Chapel
Church building in Høyanger, Norway
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Railway viaduct in Gorzów Wielkopolski
Bridge in Poland
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St Silas' Church
Church in Blackburn
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Santa Caterina D'Alessandria, Soragna
Church building in Soragna, Italy
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Main congregation for Atlanta, Georgia’s Christian Science community
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St Barnabas' Church, Mossley Hill
Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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First Congregational Church
Church in Long Beach, California
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Knox United Church
Church building in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Church
Church building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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St Columba's Church, Canna
Church in Highland, Scotland, UK
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Church of St James the Greater
Church in Leicester, United Kingdom
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Church of St Anne, Aigburth
Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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First Presbyterian Church of Oakland
Church in California, United States of America
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St. John's Lutheran Church
Historic church in Orange, California
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St. Aloysius Church
Church building in Kentucky, United States of America
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All Saints' Church
Anglican Church church building in Palmerston North, New Zealand
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St Augustine's Church, Brighton
Grade II listed church in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
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St James' Church, Arnside
Church in United Kingdom
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St Mary's Church, Handbridge
Church in Handbridge, Chester, UK
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St Werburgh's Church, Chester
Grade II listed Roman Catholic church in Chester, UK
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Church of All Saints
Centrally within the town of Porthcawl, just NW of the main shopping thoroughfare of St John's Street and on a corner site amidst the seaside housing development of the late C19 and early C20. Surrounded by a churchyard not used for burial
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Sacred Heart Church-Punahou
Church building in Honolulu County, United States of America
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Stade de Venoix
Multi-use stadium in Caen, France
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Holy Cross Church
Roman Catholic church in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
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Highland Presbyterian Church
Church building in Kansas, United States of America
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Thompson Stadium
Former football stadium at the United States Naval Academy
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Colonial Ammunition Company Shot Tower
Shot tower in New Zealand
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St. John Chrysostom's Church
Church building in New York, United States of America
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St David's Church, Connah's Quay
A church in Wales, United Kingdom
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Kishoreganj Football Stadium
Football stadium located at Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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Heublein Tower
Heublein Tower (Architecture & Engineering).
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Downs Field
Historic place in Austin, Travis County, Texas
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Community House, First Congregational Church
Church building in Eau Claire, United States of America
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First Universalist Church
NRHP-listed in Marathon County
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First Presbyterian Church
Historic church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Sports & Entertainment 17
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Osh State Academic Uzbek Music and Drama Theater named after Babur
Theatre in Kyrgyzstan
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Biograph Theater
Theater and former movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Opera House
Proscenium theatre in Wellington, New Zealand
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Joensuu Town Hall
Building in Joensuu, Finland
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Bradford Alhambra
Theatre in Bradford, England
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Kamerny Theatre
Chamber theatre in Moscow, founded in 1914
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Sam H. Harris Theatre
Former Broadway theatre
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Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre
Theatre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Istanbul City Theatres
Theater in Istanbul
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All-Russian Olympic Games, 1914
All-Russian Olympic Games, 1914 (Sports & Entertainment).
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Mayfair Theatre
Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand
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Strand Theater
Performing arts, film and community center in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, United States
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Wilbur Theatre
Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Teatro Bellas Artes/Arte Ederrak antzokia
Theatre in San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain
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Samarkand Opera House
Opera house in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
Performing arts centre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Moscow Regional Drama and Comedy Theatre
3rd International Street in Noginsk
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Empires & Countries 8
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Khedivate of Egypt dissolved
Khedivate of Egypt ceased to exist, having been centered at Cairo.
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Sultanate of Egypt founded
Sultanate of Egypt was founded, with its capital at Cairo.
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Principality of Albania founded
Principality of Albania was founded, with its capital at Tirana.
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Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus founded
Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus was founded, with its capital at Gjirokastër.
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Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus dissolved
Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus ceased to exist, having been centered at Gjirokastër.
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Republic of Central Albania dissolved
Republic of Central Albania ceased to exist, having been centered at Durrës.
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Provisional Government of Albania dissolved
Provisional Government of Albania ceased to exist, having been centered at Vlorë.
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Uryankhay Republic dissolved
Uryankhay Republic ceased to exist.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1914 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1914.
1910s 1
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Fort Washington Presbyterian Church
Church building in Manhattan, New York City
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