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==Events== *1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the ''de facto'' ruler of England. *1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians. *1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony. *1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen. *1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne. *1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. *1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre. *1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides. *1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation. *1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River. *1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor *1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas. *1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place. *1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō. *1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club. *1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the . *1889 – The children's charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London. *1897 – ''The Stars and Stripes Forever'' is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia. *1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller. *1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel ''Mrs Dalloway'' is published. *1931 – Ådalen shootings: Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration. *1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement. *1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five. *1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. * 1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany. * 1940 – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight. *1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks off the coast of Queensland. *1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. *1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers. *1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. *1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob. *1963 – Kuwait joins the United Nations. *1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of The Red Army Faction. *1973 – ''Skylab'', the United States' first space station, is launched. *1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. *2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun. *2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people. *2013 – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「May 14」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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