On this day: August 14
Events
Battle of AljubarrotaAugust 14, 1385 · Wars & Conflicts
Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic WarAugust 14, 1409 – February 1, 1411 · Wars & Conflicts
Golden Ambrosian RepublicAugust 14, 1447 – March 25, 1450 · World History
Haitian RevolutionAugust 14, 1791 – January 1, 1804 · Wars & Conflicts
Tuvan People's RepublicAugust 14, 1921 – October 11, 1944 · World History
1949 West German federal electionAugust 14, 1949 · Politics
Founding of PetronasAugust 14, 1974 · Companies- Release of No Way OutAugust 14, 1987 · Film
Launch of arXivAugust 14, 1991 · Internet
War in AbkhaziaAugust 14, 1992 – September 27, 1993 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of TransneftAugust 14, 1993 · Companies- Release of Daddy Day CareAugust 14, 2003 · Film
- Release of Sleeping Dogs (video game)August 14, 2012 · Gaming
Launch of MediumAugust 14, 2012 · Internet
Release of Darksiders IIAugust 14, 2012 · Gaming- Release of BrothersAugust 14, 2015 · Film
- Release of Cry BabyAugust 14, 2015 · Music
Release of Project PowerAugust 14, 2020 · Film
2021 Haiti earthquakeAugust 14, 2021 · Geography
Born on this day
Pieter Coecke van AelstAugust 14, 1502 – December 6, 1550 · Art
Giambattista BenedettiAugust 14, 1530 – January 20, 1590 · Science
Paolo SarpiAugust 14, 1552 – January 15, 1623 · Science
Joseph VernetAugust 14, 1714 – December 3, 1789 · Art
Pius VIIAugust 14, 1742 – August 20, 1823 · World History
Carle VernetAugust 14, 1758 – November 27, 1836 · Art
Hans Christian ØrstedAugust 14, 1777 – March 9, 1851 · Science
Adolph TidemandAugust 14, 1814 – August 25, 1876 · Art
Richard von Krafft-EbingAugust 14, 1840 – December 22, 1902 · Culture
Briton RivièreAugust 14, 1840 – April 20, 1920 · Art
Jean Gaston DarbouxAugust 14, 1842 – February 23, 1917 · Science
Margaret Lindsay HugginsAugust 14, 1848 – March 24, 1915 · Science
Guido CastelnuovoAugust 14, 1865 – April 27, 1952 · Science
Charles-Jean de la Vallée PoussinAugust 14, 1866 – March 2, 1962 · Science
John GalsworthyAugust 14, 1867 – January 31, 1933 · Culture
Viggo LarsenAugust 14, 1880 – January 6, 1957 · Film
Francis FordAugust 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953 · Film
Arthur Jeffrey DempsterAugust 14, 1886 – March 11, 1950 · Science
Kaikhosru Shapurji SorabjiAugust 14, 1892 – October 15, 1988 · Music
Frank OppenheimerAugust 14, 1912 – February 3, 1985 · Science
Derek PrinceAugust 14, 1915 – September 24, 2003 · Culture
Sverre FehnAugust 14, 1924 – February 23, 2009 · Culture
René GoscinnyAugust 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977 · Film
Lina WertmüllerAugust 14, 1928 – December 9, 2021 · Film
Richard ErnstAugust 14, 1933 – June 4, 2021 · Science
David CrosbyAugust 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023 · Music
Connie SmithAugust 14, 1941 – present · Music
Jon McBrideAugust 14, 1943 – August 7, 2024 · Space
Wim WendersAugust 14, 1945 – present · Film
Steve MartinAugust 14, 1945 – present · Music
Larry GrahamAugust 14, 1946 – present · Music
François DupeyronAugust 14, 1950 – February 25, 2016 · Film
Alex van WarmerdamAugust 14, 1952 – present · Art
James HornerAugust 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015 · Music
Peter ShorAugust 14, 1959 – present · Science
John HillcoatAugust 14, 1961 – present · Film
Emmanuelle BéartAugust 14, 1963 – present · Film
Brannon BragaAugust 14, 1965 – present · Film
Halle BerryAugust 14, 1966 – present · Film
Tracy Caldwell DysonAugust 14, 1969 – present · Space
Raoul BovaAugust 14, 1971 – present · Film
Peter FranzénAugust 14, 1971 – present · Film
Romane BohringerAugust 14, 1973 – present · Film
Christopher GorhamAugust 14, 1974 – present · Film
Tomer SisleyAugust 14, 1974 – present · Film- Ray William JohnsonAugust 14, 1981 – present · Film
Arthur BalderAugust 14, 1984 – present · Film