Day In History
This Day in History
Today: August 14, 2026
-74
A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan.[1]
-29
Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.[2]
1040
King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.[3]
1183
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.[4][5]
1264
After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno.[6]
1352
War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.[7]
1370
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Karlovy Vary.[8]
1385
Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile.[9]
1592
The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.[10]
1598
Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.[11]
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