On this day: July 14

Events on July 14

• 1430 Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais. Wikipedia
• 1456 John Hunyadi and his forces defeat the Ottoman fleet on the Danube, allowing them to reinforce and supply the besieged city of Belgrade. Wikipedia
• 1769 An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in San Diego and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California). Wikipedia
• 1789 The Bastille, a fortress and prison in Paris, was stormed by a crowd during the flashpoint of the French Revolution. Wikipedia
• 1789 Storming of the Bastille in Paris. This event escalates the widespread discontent into the French Revolution. Bastille Day is still celebrated annually in France. Wikipedia
• 1791 The Priestley Riots, targeting religious dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, began in Birmingham, England. Wikipedia
• 1791 Beginning of Priestley Riots (to 17 July) in Birmingham targeting Joseph Priestley as a supporter of the French Revolution. Wikipedia
• 1900 Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. Wikipedia
• 1902 An expedition led by Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovered the Incan city of Machu Picchu. Wikipedia
• 1902 Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas". Wikipedia
• 1911 Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston. Wikipedia
• 1915 Beginning of the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia
• 1916 World War I: Battle of Delville Wood begins as an action within the Battle of the Somme, lasting until 3 September 1916. Wikipedia
• 1933 In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis. Wikipedia
• 1942 In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain. Wikipedia
• 1950 Korean War: North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in present-day Daejeon, South Korea. Wikipedia
• 1950 Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon. Wikipedia
• 1951 Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Wikipedia
• 1957 Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. Wikipedia
• 1958 In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader. Wikipedia
• 1960 Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild. Wikipedia
• 1965 Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth. Wikipedia
• 2002 French president Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt from Maxime Brunerie during a Bastille Day parade at Champs-Élysées. Wikipedia
• 2003 Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative was leaked to and published by journalist Robert Novak. Wikipedia
• 2015 NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System. Wikipedia
• 2016 A man deliberately drove a truck into crowds in Nice, France, resulting in 86 deaths. Wikipedia

Born on July 14

• 1602 Cardinal Jules Mazarin, Italian-French cardinal and politician, chief minister of France from 5 December 1642 to 9 March 1661 (died 1661) Wikipedia
• 1743 Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (died 1816) Wikipedia
• 1816 Arthur de Gobineau, French writer who founded Gobinism to promote development of racism (died 1882) Wikipedia
• 1862 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1918) Wikipedia
• 1868 Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and political officer (died 1926) Wikipedia
• 1889 Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (died 1959) Wikipedia
• 1896 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish soldier and anarchist (died 1936) Wikipedia
• 1910 William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (died 2001) Wikipedia
• 1912 Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967) Wikipedia
• 1913 Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (died 2006) Wikipedia
• 1918 Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007) Wikipedia
• 1921 Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996) Wikipedia
• 1935 Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese chemist (palladium-catalyzed cross couplings) and Nobel Prize winner (died 2021) Wikipedia
• 1937 Yoshirō Mori, Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan Wikipedia
• 1942 Javier Solana, Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Wikipedia
• 1960 Jane Lynch, American actress (Glee), comedian, author, and game show host Wikipedia
• 1960 Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress Wikipedia
• 1966 Matthew Fox, American actor Wikipedia
• 1972 Steph Bridge, British World Champion kitesurfer Wikipedia
• 1977 Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Wikipedia
• 1984 Samir Handanović, Slovenian footballer Wikipedia
• 1988 Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist Wikipedia

Died on July 14

• 1223 Philip II, king of France (born 1165) Wikipedia
• 1486 Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Christian I of Denmark (born 1456) Wikipedia
• 1817 Germaine de Staël, French philosopher and author (born 1766) Wikipedia
• 1827 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer, reviver of wave theory of light, inventor of catadioptric lighthouse lens (born 1788) Wikipedia
• 1881 William H. Bonney aka Billy the Kid, American gunfighter and outlaw (born 1859 or 1860) Wikipedia
• 1904 Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (born 1824) Wikipedia
• 1939 Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1860) Wikipedia
• 1954 Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866) Wikipedia
• 1965 Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1900) Wikipedia
• 1968 Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (born 1892) Wikipedia
• 1984 Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter; Academy Award winner for The French Connection (born 1928) Wikipedia
• 1998 Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1909) Wikipedia
• 2017 Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (born 1977) Wikipedia
• 2022 Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model (born 1949) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Blessed Angeline of Marsciano Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Gaspar de Bono Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Deusdedit of Canterbury Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Francis Solanus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Ghébrē-Michael Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: John Keble (Church of England) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Bastille Day (France and dependencies) Wikipedia
• International Non-Binary People's Day Wikipedia
• Republic Day (Iraq) Wikipedia
• Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden. Wikipedia
• North Korean Defectors' Day (in South Korea) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “July 14” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.