14th May anniversaries

• Birth
• event
  • 1264
  • Great Britain
  • Simon de Montfort's army defeats Henry III at the Battle of Lewes
  • 1509
  • "Battle of Agnadello, northern Italy French forces defeated the Venetians"
  • 1607
  • United States
  • "Jamestown, Virginia settled – to become the first permanent British colony in North America"
  • 1608
  • Germany
  • "The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, was founded in Auhausen."
  • 1772
  • Great Britain
  • Judge Mansfield rules that there is no legal basis for slavery in England
  • 1796
  • Great Britain
  • Dr Edward Jenner gave first vaccination for smallpox in England
  • 1889
  • Great Britain
  • Children's charity NSPCC launched in London
  • 1948
  • Israel
  • British rule in Palestine came to an end and the independent state of Israel was proclaimed.
• Death
  • 1608
  • France
  • "Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine ."
  • 1881
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Mary Seacole, Nurse during the Crimean War" more
  • 1918
  • United States
  • "Death of James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher ."
  • 1959
  • United States
  • "Death of Sidney Bechet, influential American jazz saxophonist"
  • 1979
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Jean Rhys, Dominican-born British novelist (Wide Sargasso Sea)"
  • 1993
  • United States
  • "Death of William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate ."
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor ."
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist ."