November 14 in History

Five Lords meet at Waltham Cross to appeal against Richards tyranny

Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon

Marries Catherine of Aragon

Marries Catherine of Aragon at St Pauls

Marries Prince Arthur at St Pauls Cathedral

Prince Arthur marries Catherine of Aragon at St Paul's Cathedral, completing the dynastic marriage planned with Spain.

Catherine Howard is placed under guard at Syon House after accusations of adultery and misconduct.

Catherine Howard is placed under house arrest for adultery

Final day of Charles 2nd Parliament in Scotland

Essex's forces reoccupy Brentford after the Royalist withdrawal.

Portocarrero is part of the Spanish court resisting foreign plans to divide the monarchy.

Maria Anna supports Charles II's will naming Joseph Ferdinand heir to an undivided Spanish Empire.

Elected mayor of Paris after Bailly's resignation

Jerome Petion was elected mayor of Paris after Bailly's resignation.

Complains to his commissariat, "I have nothing, I am naked"

Captures Tampico

Edson's marine battalion participates in operations connected with the occupation of Tampico

Perry supports naval operations as American forces occupy Tampico

Baden & Hesse join the Confederation of Germany

Forms a new French government and becomes prime minister.

The proceedings focus heavily on his disputed insanity defense.

His trial for President Garfield's murder begins in Washington.

His ministry begins after Jules Ferry leaves office.

Takes command of Bulgarian resistance after Serbia declares war.

Declares war on Bulgaria and orders an advance toward Sofia.

Declares war on Bulgaria after the union with Eastern Rumelia disrupts the regional balance created by the Treaty of Berlin.

Theresa Grant, a suffragette, attacks Winston Churchill at Bristol railway station

Theresa Grant, a suffragette, attacks Winston Churchill at Bristol railway station

Theresa Grant attacks Churchill at Bristol railway station.

Concludes peace with Greece after the Balkan Wars.

Settles peace terms with the Ottoman Empire.

Japanese Cabinet decide against despatch of troops or warships to Europe

Japanese Cabinet decide against despatch of troops or warships to Europe

Explains to Parliament the agreement for closer Allied strategic coordination.

Elections return the Socialist Revolutionaries as the largest party.

The Soviet government issues a decree establishing workers' control over production, accounting and enterprise administration.

Elections to the Constituent Assembly, the Socialist Revolutionaries the largest party

Becomes first prime minister of Czechoslovakia.

Begins the Kramar Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Is elected first President of Czechoslovakia.

Appointed Prime Minister of Poland

Venizelos's Liberal Party loses the election following years of war and national division.

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Conducts consultations during the coalition crisis that follows the SPD refusal to join a broader government with the DVP.

Leads an SPD opposed to enlarging the governing coalition by admitting the DVP, contributing to the collapse of Wirth's cabinet.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Osachi is shot & injured because of the ratification of the 4 Power Navy Treaty. Death of Hamaguchi Osachi, assassinated

Concluding day, agrees on the nature of Dominion status

Duca forms a Liberal government and moves against the Iron Guard.

1st match as captain of the England team during the infamous "Battle of Highbury" against Italy, who were reigning World Champions, England win 3-2

Retains Wakefield for Labour in the general election.

449 German planes bomb Coventry, killing 380 people and injuring 865

449 German planes bomb Coventry

Responds to the severe German bombing of Coventry.

The Luftwaffe cannot gain permanent air control but sporadic night raids continue

Advises Hitler the fight for Africa, "decisive importance for the outcome of the war". Advises Hitler that Italy's promise to invade Africa is meaningless

Tanaka escorts fast transports carrying reinforcements toward Guadalcanal during the naval battle for the island.

Backs the Verona Manifesto adopted by the Republican Fascist Party as the political programme of the Italian Social Republic.

Promotes the Verona Manifesto as the political programme of Republican Fascism.

Leads the Republican Fascist Party congress at Verona.

Accepts a programme combining republican Fascism, socialization proposals and continued alliance with Germany.

Suggests postponing the Big Three meeting until after his January presidential inauguration.

Consolidates control of the government after President Naguib is removed and placed under house arrest.

Rifai participates in peace negotiations connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Appointed President of the Government Junta of Venezuela

McCone received a CIA review describing the reconnaissance gap over central Cuba and the caution that had limited U-2 coverage before 14 October.

Begins the Bjarni Benediktsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The Fifth Olafur Thors Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Flies repeated helicopter missions under fire during the Battle of Ia Drang

Flies repeated helicopter missions supporting troops at LZ X-Ray

Parliament rejects Kimba's proposed government, deepening the institutional deadlock.

Pilots Yankee Clipper during docking with lunar module Intrepid after translunar injection.

Commands Apollo 12, the second crewed lunar landing mission.

Continues the mission after lightning strikes the Saturn V shortly after launch and disrupts spacecraft electrical readings.

Switches Signal Conditioning Equipment to auxiliary power, helping restore usable telemetry after Apollo 12 is struck by lightning.

Releases the album later known as Space Oddity, expanding his folk, rock and theatrical songwriting style.

Barrett releases his second solo album, produced with help from David Gilmour and Richard Wright

Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey

Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips in Westminster Abbey

Appointed Prime Minister of Angola

Makes a Commons statement on preparations for operational deployment of cruise missiles at RAF Greenham Common.

Dissolves the SDP

Announces his challenge for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

United States and British authorities indict two Libyan intelligence officers over Lockerbie.

Farooq Ahmad Leghari becomes President of Pakistan.

The Zimbabwe dollar falls sharply after major unbudgeted government commitments.

Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weopons

Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weopons

Clinton sends carrier warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weapons

Clinton sends carrier warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weapons

Merkel is elected Chancellor by the majority of delegates (397 to 217) in the newly assembled Bundestag

Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany after working out a power-sharing agreement with outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schroders Social Democratic Party

Sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar

The coalition deal is approved by both CDU/CSU and SPD parties at party conferences. Merkel is elected Chancellor by the majority of delegates (397 to 217) in the newly assembled Bundestag

Receives the Visions for Europe Award for contributions to European integration and discusses future European governance.

The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, is released in the UK

The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, is released in the UK

The historical drama The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, is released in the UK

Expresses solidarity with France and reviews UK security after the Paris terrorist attacks.

Chiwenga's forces take control of key institutions during the leadership crisis.

Cabinet backs the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

Cabinet backs the draft Withdrawal Agreement.

Begins his international career as a versatile forward.

Makes his senior Portugal debut during victory over Lithuania.

Ion Chicu becomes Prime Minister after Sandu's government falls

Surpasses the previous European men's international appearance record.

Makes his one hundred seventy-seventh appearance for Spain.

Visits Kherson days after its liberation and praises Ukrainian defenders.

Voyager 1 stops returning readable science and engineering data after a flight-data-system memory problem.

Resident doctors begin another five-day strike across NHS organisations in England.

Birth of Johann Schober

Birth of Hussein I, son of Talal bin Abdullah & Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil

Birth of Talal

Birth of Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero

Birth of Charles, Elizabeth Is 1st son & heir

Birth of Charles, Elizabeth's 1st son & heir

Birth of Condoleezza Rice in Birmingham, Alabama.

Birth of Paul McGann

Death of Geoffrey II Martel

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, acts for Osachi

Fights at Waltham Cross against Richard II

The Royalists march into Preston & dissarm Forsters men, 1,500 prisoners are taken

Royalists defeat Belgrano again, weakening patriot hopes in Upper Peru

Engages the Ottoman Anatolian army near Bayindir before withdrawing from its strong artillery position.

Holds the Ottoman position at Bayindir after Russian troops test his army's defensive strength.

The Canadians take Passchendaele Ridge, 15,654 casualties

Captains England as seven Arsenal players start the famous 3-2 victory over world champions Italy at Highbury.

Coventry is destroyed during a night raid

The Luftwaffe cannot gain permanent air control but sporadic night raids continue

Coventry is blitzed by 500 bombers & almost demolished

1st Battalion/7th Cavalry, approximately 450-men strong under Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, began operations in the Ia Drang Valley

Nguyen Huu An commands North Vietnamese forces in the Ia Drang fighting

Commands North Vietnamese forces during the Ia Drang campaign

North Vietnamese forces fight US airmobile troops in the first major battle between PAVN and the US Army

Crandall flies repeated helicopter missions into LZ X-Ray during the battle

Chu Huy Man directs the B3 Front during the Central Highlands campaign

Commands US cavalry troops at Landing Zone X-Ray

Commands the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry at LZ X-Ray

Moore leads the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in the opening fight at LZ X-Ray

Serves with Hal Moore during the Battle of Ia Drang

Commands US strategy during the Ia Drang campaign