1914

Year 1914 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 13-day-slower ).

January-February

 * - announces an  and a  of $5 for a day's labor.
 * - founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
 * - - 's troops take  in the  state of.


 * - : In the  (for American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.

March-April

 * - The joins the.
 * - arrives in  to begin his reign.
 * -  damages  painting Rokeby Venus in London’s national gallery with a meat chopper.
 * - Wife of French minister shoots, the editor of  because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage. (She is later acquitted.)
 * - Belgian surgeon makes the first successful non-direct, using s.
 * - and her husband arrive in  to make the first true study of it (departs August )
 * - The results in the occupation of the  port city of  for over six months.
 * -, a professional architecture , is founded in the Hotel Sherman in.
 * - The city of is incorporated.
 * - or . Colorado  attacks 1200 tent colony of striking coal miners in Ludlow - 24 people dead.
 * - 3000 US marines land in,.
 * The is founded.

May-June

 * - becomes the first  to take 3000  wickets.
 * signs proclamation.
 * Death of
 * - The 's passes.
 * - The  sinks in ; 1,024 lives lost.
 * - 's envoy meets with.
 * - Constitutionals take -  demands 's surrender
 * - reopened (having been deepened) by the ; Visit of the British Fleet under : Kaiser inspects the Dreadnought.
 * - Serb nationalist assassinates  and his wife
 * Secretary of the Legation at sends despatch to  suggesting Serbian complicity in the crime of Sarajevo. Anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo and throughout Bosnia generally.
 * attempts and fails to assassinate at his home town in.
 * - Great Britain - Addresses in Parliament on the murdered Archduke: Lords Crewe & Lansdowne in House of Lords; Messrs. Asquith & Law in Commons.
 * attempts and fails to assassinate at his home town in.
 * - Great Britain - Addresses in Parliament on the murdered Archduke: Lords Crewe & Lansdowne in House of Lords; Messrs. Asquith & Law in Commons.

July

 * - Announcement that the German will not attend the Archduke's funeral.
 * - : Funeral of the Archduke at Artstetten (50 miles west of ).
 * - Council at.
 * - The German Kaiser leaves for a cruise in Northern waters.
 * - : Council of Ministers, including Ministers for Foreign Affairs and War, Chief of General Staff and Naval Commander-in-Chief; Council lasts from 11.30 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.
 * - Count Tisza makes a grave statement in the Hungarian Chamber concerning the murder of the Archduke.
 * The completed the recasting of the Amendment Bill.
 * - Emperor receives report of Austro-Hungarian investigation into the Sarajevo crime. The Times publishes account of Austro-Hungarian press campaign against the Serbians (who are described as "pestilent rats").
 * - Mr.Hartwig, Russian Minister to, dies suddenly at Austrian Legation in.
 * - legend  makes his major league debut with the
 * - Demonstrations in suggesting.
 * - Reports of a projected Serbian attack upon the Austro-Hungarian Legation at . Grave article in Times on "Failure of Recruiting." France.-Revelations in Senate (continued on Tuesday, 14th) of deficiencies in French military equipment. Heavy selling of Canadian Pacific Railway shares in Berlin (continued on Thursday, 16th).
 * - Government of Ireland Amending Bill passed by House of Lords.
 * - resigns and leaves for . Count Tisza makes statement in Hungarian chamber relations with Serbia: " they must be cleared up"
 * - leaves for exile in Spain. Austria-Hungary.-Report that Serbia has called up 70,000 reservists and is preparing for war. President Poincaré leaves Paris on a visit to Tsar Nicolas II of Russia.
 * - The of the  is formed, giving definite status to its air service for the first time. British Fleet at Spithead: reviewed by the King.
 * - - Press scare concerning alleged "Greater Serbia" conspiracy. The King summons a Conference to discuss the Home Rule Problem.
 * - registers the  with the  government.
 *  - begins:  declares war on  after it fails to meet the conditions of an  it set on  following the Sarajevo assassination.
 * - French pacifist is assassinated.
 * - French pacifist is assassinated.

August

 * - declares war on, following Russia's military  in support of Serbia.
 * German troops occupy.
 * Secret treaty between and  to secure Turkish neutrality.
 * - Germany declares war on Russia's ally.
 * - German troops invade neutral . declares war on Germany. The  declares neutrality.
 * - - The
 * - German colonial forces execute for.
 * - The
 * The is inaugurated with the passage of the steamship SS Ancon.
 * 's troops under general enter.
 * 's, a moving adagio for strings and harp, first performed in
 * - - The, first Entente victory in
 * - : forces occupy.
 * - declares war on Germany.
 * - - The.
 * - The - British cruisers under admiral Beatty sink three German cruisers.
 * - declares war on Germany.
 * - - The.
 * - The - British cruisers under admiral Beatty sink three German cruisers.
 * - - The.

September

 * - changes its name to "Petrograd."
 * The last known dies in the.
 * - occupied by the Germans.
 * (Giacomo della Chiesa) succeeds  as the 258th.
 * leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
 * no member of (,, or ) may seek a separate peace with.
 * In, begins: Northeast of , the  6th Army under  attacks  forces nearing Paris. Over 2 million fight (500,000 killed/wounded) in the  victory.
 * - French and British counterattack at ends German advance on.
 * - n troops open hostilities in (today ) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
 * - - The.
 * - becomes  for the third time.
 * - The US (FTC) established by the.
 * - established to promote.
 * - The US (FTC) established by the.
 * - established to promote.

October

 * - Marriage of to  in Boston.
 * - : -,  falls to  troops.
 * - beat the  3-1, to win baseball's.
 * - World War I: warships shell n  ports: Russia, France, and Britain declare war on -5.

November

 * - World War I: fought - A  squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir  is met and defeated by the superior  forces led by Vice-Admiral . This is the first  naval defeat of the.
 * - and   on.
 * - The annexes, and together with  declares war on the.
 * - The ese seize in China, the base of the.
 * - A year after being created by passage of the, the of the  officially opens for business.
 * - The begins
 * - US troops withdraw from . 's troops take over and Carranza makes the town his headquarters
 * - is expelled from the.
 * - World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the re-opens for  trading.

December

 * - The ends, resulting in decisive  victory
 * - World War I: British and German soldiers interrupted World War I to celebrate Christmas, beginning the.

Undated

 * of becomes the first black African representative in the French parliament.
 * in founds  (UNIA).
 * The first everyday items made of come into public circulation.
 * returns to from  to spearhead the.
 * patents design of an.
 * The capital of of  is moved from  to.
 * Port of dredged for the fabrication of vessels for the.
 * The formed.
 * Phi Sigma, a local undergraduate classical club, is founded by a group of students in the Department of Greek at the.

Ongoing

 * (1914-).
 * (1914-1922).

January

 * -, World War II heroine (d. )
 * , baseball player
 * , French historian and anthropologist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American singer, actor, and comedian (d. )
 * - Fraternity Inc. founded at Howard University in Washington,D.C.
 * -, German car designer (d. )
 * -, British television dramatist and author (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, English historian (d. )
 * -, American poet and pacifist (d. )
 * -, Italian-born businessman
 * -, American screenwriter
 * -, German author (d. )
 * - Princess (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, American actor and stuntman (d. )
 * -, American actor and stuntman (d. )

February

 * -, American gymnast and inventor
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, English actress, director, and writer (d. )
 * -, Italian politician
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, British scientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American voice actor (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, French comedian and actor (d. )
 * -, British film producer
 * -, Italian-born virologist, recipient of the
 * -, Dutch cyclist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )

March

 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. )
 * -, Russian conductor (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist (d. )
 * -, American pilot (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, Brazilian actor, artist and politician
 * -, American football player
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, American agricultural scientist, recipient of the
 * -, U.S. general (d. )
 * -, American screenwriter
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Mexican diplomat and writer, laureate (d. )

April

 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, Danish furniture designer (d. )
 * -, French author and director (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actress (d. )
 * -, Mexican actress (d. )
 * -, Canadian author
 * -, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. )
 * -, American author and economist
 * -, Dutch astronomer
 * -, British cinematographer
 * -, American Federal Communications Commissioner
 * -, Dutch writer (d. )
 * -, Indian film director
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, French-born World War II heroine (d. )
 * -, French author and historian
 * -, Brazilian songwriter
 * -, Brazilian songwriter

May

 * -, Russian-born writer and diplomat (d. )
 * -, Canadian country musician (d. )
 * -, Dutch poet (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, British author and television personality
 * -, American acoustic scientist
 * -, American anthropologist
 * -, Bulgarian opera singer (d. )
 * -, Japanese Go player
 * -, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, Hungarian writer and director
 * -, American choreographer and dancer
 * -, British World War II pilot (d. )

June

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American developer
 * -, British ballet dancer and choreographer
 * -, Soviet politician (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, Romanian-born cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American Food and Drug Administration reviewer
 * -, American musician
 * -, Czech-born conductor (d. )

July

 * -, American conductor (d. )
 * -, professional wrestling promoter (d. )
 * -, American architect
 * -, Indian politician
 * -, American reporter and talk show host
 * -, pioneer of microcredit in developing countries (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, Canadian World War II hero (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Irish poet (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born comic book author (d. )
 * -, Pakistani pioneer in microcredit (d. )
 * -, Finnish actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor and comic
 * -, Irish president of the International Olympic Committee (d. )

August

 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Finnish author (d. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British film director
 * -, American composer
 * - ,biggining of the first world war
 * -, American graphic designer (d. )
 * -, American lawyer and politician (d. )
 * -, Belgian World War II heroine (d. )
 * -, Argentine writer (d. )
 * -, German actress

September

 * -, British make-up artist
 * -, Puerto Rican Catholic nun (d. )
 * -, Chilean poet
 * -, American physicist (d. )
 * -, American film producer (d. )
 * -, British trade unionist and religious administrator (d. )
 * -, Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church
 * -, Welsh actor (d. )
 * -, Polish-born pilot (d. )
 * -, American architect
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, U.S. general (d. )
 * -, Argentinian writer (d. )
 * -, American television show host (d. )
 * -, Czech-born businessman
 * -, British cinematographer, director, and photographer
 * -, American politician
 * -, American singer and musician (d. )
 * -, Sultan of Brunei (d. )
 * -, English philanthropist and patron of dance (d. )
 * -, American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert

October

 * -, American historian, writer, and (d. )
 * -, American rocket engineer (d. )
 * -, historian of music education, organist, and choir master (d. )
 * -, Australian politician (d. )
 * -, Norwegian explorer (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * -, American skier (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American comic book author (d. )
 * -, American writer
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Welsh poet and author (d. )
 * -, American medical scientist (d. )
 * -, English chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman (d. )

November

 * -,  (d. )
 * -, American artist
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American evangelist (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American novelist and television writer (d. )
 * -, Italian film director (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Durham actor (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * -, baseball player (d. )

December

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, British writer (d. )
 * -, American pianist and harpsichordist (d. )
 * -, French physicist
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American singer and actor (d. )

January - June

 * -, Danish brewer and patron of the arts (b. )
 * -, French general and politician (b. )
 * -, American Civil War general (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American businessman (b. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, 39th master of  order (b. )
 * -, Swiss politician, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Italian volcanologist (b. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Emir of Herat, Emir of Kandahar, Afghan military leader (b. )
 * -, empress-consort of the (b. )
 * -, husband of (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Austrian writer and pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * - (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, wife of (assassinated) (b. )

July - December

 * -, British politician (b. )
 * -, French pacifist (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, French feminist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Cameroonian rebel leader
 * -, Irish developer of the submarine (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Russian general (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, German painter (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Austrian poet (b. )
 * -, British cricketer and soldier (b. )
 * -, Brazilian poet (b. )
 * -, British field marshal (b. )
 * -, American naturalist (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded
 * - not awarded

Fictional
The following are references to year 1914 in fiction:
 * The animated film  takes place in October 1914.
 * According to, Mr. Burns graduated from in 1914.
 * The Last known CAS Build (1914) was created by Wayne.