14 January History
- 1236 - Henry III marries Eleanor of Provence.
- 1526 - Francis of France, held captive by Charles V for a year, signs the Treaty of Madrid, giving up most of his claims in France and Italy.
- 1797 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austrians at Rivoli in northern Italy.
- 1858 - Emperor Napoleon and Empress Eugenie escape unhurt after an Italian assassin throws a bomb at their carriage as they travel to the Paris Opera.
- 1864 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis writes to General Joseph E. Johnson, observing that troops may need to be sent to Alabama or Mississippi.
- 1911 - The USS Arkansas, the largest U.S. battleship, is launched from the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company.
- 1915 - The French abandon five miles of trenches to the Germans near Soissons.
- 1916 - British authorities seize German attaché Franz von Papen's financial records confirming espionage activities in the U.S.
- 1917 - A Provisional Parliament is established in Poland.
- 1920 - Berlin is placed under martial law as 40,000 radicals rush the Reichstag; 42 are dead and 105 are wounded.
- 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders all aliens in the U.S. to register with the government.
- 1943 - Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Charles DeGaulle meet at Casablanca to discuss the direction of the war.
- 1943 - Italian occupation authorities refuse to deport Jews living in their territories in France.
- 1969 - A blast on the U.S. carrier Enterprise in the Pacific results in 24 dead and 85 injured.
- 1980 - The United Nations votes 104-18 to deplore the Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.
14 January Birthdays
- 1730 - William Whipple, signatory of Declaration of Independence.
- 1741 - Benedict Arnold, American colonial General turned traitor.
- 1875 - Dr. Albert Schweitzer, French theologian who set up a native hospital in French Equatorial Africa in 1913.
- 1919 - Andy Rooney, American humorist, author and television personality.
- 1940 - Julian Bond, civil rights leader and Georgia state senator.