August 14 in History
14 August in History – 125 years ago
Asia Pacific 1900: Battle of Peking
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Starting on 14 August 1974
All Events on 14 August
ends
2006
Israel invades southern Lebanon
starts
1992
Russia backs Abkhaz separatists in Georgia
starts
1974
Greece temporarily withdraws from NATO over Cyprus
1945
Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance
starts
1945
Kyujo Incident
1941
United States & Britain issue Atlantic Charter defining goals for post-War world
starts
1928
Aboriginals massacred near Coniston station
1925
Norway gains sovereignty over Spitsbergen/Svalbard
1921
People’s Republic of Tuva established
starts
1918
Flu pandemic strikes Africa, killing millions
1917
China declares war on Central Powers
starts
1900
Eight-Nation Alliance captures Peking
ends
1900
Boxers besiege Peking Legation Quarter
ends
1874
Austro-Hungarians discover Franz Josef Land
1848
Oregon Territory organized
1842
Second Seminole War ends
*Actual date uncertain; set to 14 August for purposes of Omniatlas
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