14 September

The **14t o September** is the 257t day o the year (258t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 108 days bidin.

## Events

* 1509 - A yirdquauk in Constantinople kills 13,000 fowk.
* 1752 - Great Breetain an its colonies adopt the Gregorian Calendar.
* 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon arrives in Moscow; fleein citizens set the ceety on fire.
* 1867 - Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital.
* 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26t Preses o the Unitit States efter the shuitin daith o William McKinley.
* 1917 - Roushie is proclaimed a republic.
* 1944 - Warld War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch ceety tae be liberatit bi the Allies.
* 1960 - Mobutu Sese Seko deposes Patrice Lumumba in the Democratic Republic o the Congo in a CIA-backit militar coup.
* 1972 - Wast Germany establishes poleetical relations wi Poland.
* 1973 - Gauja Naitional Pairk becomes the first Naitional Pairk in Latvie (then pairt o the Soviet Union).
* 1975 - Rembrandt's pentin The Nicht Watch is attackit an damaged wi a knife at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.
* 1982 - Grace Kelly, actress an Princess o Monaco, dies frae injuries in a car crash.
* 1988 - Hurricane Gilbert hits Mexico, killin 200 fowk.
* 1999 - Kiribati, Tonga an Nauru join the Unitit Naitions.
* 2003 - A majority o voters in Estonie support entry intae the European Union.
* 2003 - A majority o voters in Swaden oppose the adoption o the Euro currency.
* 2015 - Prime Meenister o Australie Tony Abbott loses a leadership contest in the Australie Liberal Pairty tae Malcolm Turnbull.
* 2015 - Gravitational waves are observed for the first time.
* 2017 - A series o bomb attacks naur Nasiriya, Iraq, kills ower 84 fowk.
* 2019 - An attack on a facility in Saudi Arabie affects 5% o the warld's total ile supply.
* 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: New rules restrictin social gatherin tae sax fowk enter intae force in the Unitit Kinrick in response tae a rise in new cases; they differ across the fower kintras.
* 2020 - The Ryal Astronomical Society propales the discovery o phosphine, a possible indicator o microbial life, in the atmosphere o Venus.

## Births

* 208 - Diadumenian, Roman Emperor (d. 218)
* 1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spaingie poet an politeecian (d. 1645)
* 1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian componer (d. 1842)
* 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German scientist, splorer, writer an politeecian (d. 1859)
* 1781 - James Walker, Scots ceevil ingineer (d. 1862)
* 1817 - Theodor Storm, German writer (d. 1888)
* 1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscoont Cecil o Chelwood, Breetish diplomat an politeecian (d. 1958)
* 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakie politeecian (d. 1948)
* 1901 - Alex James, Scots fitbawer (d. 1953)
* 1937 - Renzo Piano, Italian airchitect
* 1946 - Pete Agnew, Scots bassist an vocalist (Nazareth)
* 1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
* 1951 - Duncan Haldane, Inglis-American pheesicist
* 1958 - Billy Abercromby, Scots fitbawer
* 1959 - Morten Harket, Norse sangster an muisicker
* 1960 - Melissa Leo, American actress
* 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, umwhile Prime meenister an Preses o Roushie
* 1969 - Bong Joon-ho, Sooth Korean film director
* 1973 - Nas, American rapper, sangwriter an actor
* 1979 - Ivica Olic, Croatie fitbawer
* 1981 - Ashley Roberts, American sangster, actress an dancer
* 1983 - Amy Winehouse, Inglis sangster-sangwriter (d. 2011)
* 1986 - Steven Naismith, Scots fitbawer
* 1988 - Sean Maitland, New Zealand-born Scots rugby union player
* 1995 - Stuart Findlay, Scots fitbawer

## Daiths
* 1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (b. 1265)
* 1523 - Pape Adrian VI (b. 1459)
* 1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer (b. 1625)
* 1793 - John Oswald, Scots philosopher, writer, poet, social creetic an revolutionary (b. 1730)
* 1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1756)
* 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (b. 1789)
* 1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke o Wellington, Breetish general an Prime meenister (b. 1769)
* 1899 - William Watson, Baron Watson, Scots lawer an politeecian (b. 1827)
* 1901 - William McKinley, 25t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1843)
* 1910 - William Cowie, Scots ingineer, mariner an businessman (b. 1849)
* 1916 - José Echegaray, Spaingie dramatist (b. 1832)
* 1927 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
* 1937 - Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, first Preses o Czechoslovakie (d. 1850)
* 1982 - Kristján Eldjárn, 3rd Preses o Iceland (b. 1916)
* 1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress an Princess o Monaco (b. 1929)
* 1984 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
* 2005 - Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914)
* 2009 - Patrick Swayze, American actor an dancer (b. 1952)

## Halidays
* Hindi Divas
* Ingineers' Day (Romanie)
* San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)