History Events on June 14

Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
#Munich

American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester: A Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia.
#American_Civil_War

The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
#Napoleon

Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
#Cuba

World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins.
#World_War_II

Welsh rebel leader Owain Glynd?r, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.
#Owain_Glynd?r

A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
#Ilyushin_Il-76

Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, bringing the 300 year old Sudanese kingdom to an end.
#Badi_VII
While taking exile in Fuzhou, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for Emperor Duanzong.
#Fuzhou

London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves 72 people dead and another 74 injured.
#London

Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
#Territory_of_Hawaii

The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
#Raid_on_the_Medway

World War II: Filipino troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
#Ilocos_Sur

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
#Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown

Seven hundred twenty-eight Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
#Tarnów

American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
#American_Revolutionary_War

Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
#Chile

U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
#Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937

Joris Veseler prints the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. in Amsterdam (approximate date).
#Courante_uyt_Italien,_Duytslandt,_&c.

Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
#Henley_Royal_Regatta

Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
#Pennsylvania

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
#Dwight_D._Eisenhower

King William III of England (William of Orange) lands in Ireland to confront the former King James II.
#William_III_of_England

Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
#Disneyland_Monorail_System

Kublai Khan defeats the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
#Kublai_Khan

Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
#Mariner_program

In Alexandria, Virginia, Republican member of Congress and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is shot while practicing for charity baseball.
#Alexandria,_Virginia

Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
#Falklands_War

Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
#French_Algeria

Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
#Siege_of_Port_Hudson

Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt at Mile End. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
#Richard_II_of_England

The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
#Flag_of_the_United_States

Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society.
#Charles_Babbage
UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
#UNIVAC_I

Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
#Brazil

World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
#Operation_Perch

Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
#Napoleon

Norway grants women the right to vote.
#Women's_suffrage

First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captures the city of Winchester and soon conquers over half of the Kingdom of England.
#First_Barons'_War
The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.
#Mindbender_(Galaxyland)

Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
#Mutiny_on_the_Bounty

Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Tr?n Quang Kh?i of the Tr?n dynasty destroy most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
#Mongol_invasions_of_Vietnam

English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
#English_Civil_War