1914 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1914?
- January 9, 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.
- January 26, 1914 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- February 12, 1914 – In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
- February 28, 1914 – The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
- March 7, 1914 – Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign.
- March 20, 1914 – In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place.
- June 23, 1914 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
- July 28, 1914 – World War I: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
- August 1, 1914 – Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilises because of World War I.
- August 4, 1914 – World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, the United Kingdom declares war on Germany. The United States declare their neutrality.
- August 15, 1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
- August 30, 1914 – World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg
- September 5, 1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
- September 8, 1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
- September 17, 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
- September 18, 1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
- November 1, 1914 – World War I: the first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth.
- November 16, 1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
- December 5, 1914 – The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
- December 25, 1914 – World War I: Known as the Christmas truce, German and British troops on the Western Front temporarily cease fire.
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