Historical events on May 14
MAY 14, 1857
Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.
Mindon Min, born Maung Lwin, was the penultimate king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1853 to 1878. He was one of the most
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MAY 14, 1931
Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
Ådalen [ˈoːˌdɑlən] is the river valley of the Ångerman River, downstream Junsele, in Sweden. It often refers to the broad, densely populated,
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MAY 14, 1856
Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).
Henry Constantine Wayne was a United States Army officer, and is known for his commanding the expedition to test the U.S. Camel
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MAY 14, 1878
The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.
The Salem witchcraft trial of 1878, also known as the Ipswich witchcraft trial and the second Salem witch trial, was an American
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MAY 14, 1804
Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis
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MAY 14, 1951
Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
The Talyllyn Railway is a narrow-gauge railway in Wales running for 7+1⁄4 miles (12 km) from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant
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MAY 14, 1943
Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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MAY 14, 1980
Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.
The Salvadoran Civil War was a twelve-year civil war in El Salvador that was fought between the government of El Salvador, backed
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MAY 14, 1939
In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.
Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes, is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in
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MAY 14, 1868
Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.
The Boshin War , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from
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MAY 14, 1948
David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at a building later called Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel. As head of the Jewish Agency
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MAY 14, 1919
Sir Harry Hands, the mayor of Cape Town, performed the first public observance of a two-minute silence in remembrance of those killed in World War I.
Sir Harry Hands was a British colonial politician, who served from 1915 to 1918 as mayor of Cape Town, South Africa. He
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MAY 14, 1264
Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of barons led by Simon de Montfort against
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MAY 14, 1863
American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in
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MAY 14, 1940
World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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