Historical events in 1614

20 historical records

January 16141 historical events

1614, January · Japan · Osaka Castle · Warfare · Unification Wars · Ieyasu

Siege of Osaka Castle

Sends in 70,000 troops under the command of Hidetadada

April 16141 historical events

1614, April 5th · England · London · Government · Government of England · James I

Parliament

James opens Parliament

June 16142 historical events

1614, June 7th · England · London · Government · Government of England · James I

Dissolution of Parliament

James closes Parliament & does not call it up for another 7 yrs

1614, June 7th · England · London · Government · Government of England · James I

Parliament

The Addled Parliament had disputed with the King & had not produced any legislation

November 16141 historical events

1614, November 22nd · England · Carrick · House · House of Butler · Thomas Butler Ormond, 10th

Death of Thomas Butler

Death of Thomas Butler

December 16141 historical events

1614, December 21st · Italy · Florence · Science · Astronomy · Galileo Galilei

Caccini Attack on Copernicanism

Galileo becomes the target of a public sermon by Tommaso Caccini attacking Copernican astronomy and mathematicians.

1614 · England · Exploration · Exploration and Discovery · Walter Raleigh

History of the World

Publication of "History of the World", written imprisoned in the Tower of London

1614 · England · Government · Government of England · Thomas Dale

Government

Appointed Governor of Virginia

1614 · England · Government · Government of England · Alan Francis Greville Brooke, 1st

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

1614 · England · London · Government · Government of England · Thomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st

Addled Parliament

Wentworth sat in the short and unproductive Parliament later called the Addled Parliament.

1614 · England · Yorkshire · Government · Government of England · Thomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st

Election to Parliament

Wentworth was first elected to the House of Commons as a Yorkshire representative.

1614 · England · Wentworth Woodhouse · House · House of Wentworth · Thomas Wentworth Strafford, 1st

Inheritance of Baronetcy

Wentworth inherited his father's baronetcy and extensive Yorkshire estates.

1614 · England · Humanities · Philosophy · Francis Bacon

Bacon Addresses The Problem Of Duelling

Bacon publicly discussed the social and legal harms caused by aristocratic duelling. His intervention treated private violence as an issue of public order and moral conduct.

1614 · England · Port Royal · Warfare · Military · Samuel Argall

Capture of Port Royal

Captures Port Royal

1614 · England · Scottish Isles · Warfare · Military · James I

Reballion of MacDonalds

Suppresses the rebellion of the MacDonalds

1614 · France · Pont Neuf · Arts · Architecture · Henry IV

Pont Neuf

At the point where the bridge crosses the Ile de la Cit‚, there stands a bronze equestrian statue of King Henry IV of France, originally commissioned from Giambologna under the orders of Marie de M‚dicis, Henris widow and Regent of France, in 1614

1614 · France · La Fleche · Humanities · Philosophy · Rene Descartes

Education

Descartes completes his studies at La Fleche after receiving a broad Jesuit education.

1614 · France · Avignon · Humanities · Philosophy · Pierre Gassendi

Doctorate in Theology

Gassendi receives a doctorate in theology at Avignon.

1614 · France · Religion · Roman Catholic Church · Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu

Bishop

Appointed Representitive of the Poitevin clergy at the Estates General

1614 · Germany · Xanten · House · House of Hohenzollern · John Sigismund

Treaty of Xanten

Acquires Cleves, Mark & Ravensburg