September 14 facts for kids

September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 108 days remain until the end of the year.

Every day holds special moments in history, and September 14th is no exception! From ancient emperors to modern-day discoveries, many important events have taken place on this date. Let's explore some of the key happenings, famous people born, and notable figures who passed away on September 14th.

Historic Events on September 14th

Ancient Times (Before 1600)

• AD 81 – Domitian became the new Emperor of the Roman Empire after his brother Titus died.
• 629 – Emperor Heraclius returned to Constantinople in a grand celebration after winning a big war against the Persian Empire.
• 786 – This day was known as the "Night of the three Caliphs." Harun al-Rashid became the leader (caliph) of the Abbasid Empire when his brother al-Hadi died. Harun's son, al-Ma'mun, was also born on this day.
• 919 – In the Battle of Islandbridge, the High King of Ireland, Niall Glúndub, was killed while fighting against the Vikings.
• 1180 – The Battle of Ishibashiyama took place in Japan during the Genpei War.
• 1226 – The practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration (a special Catholic prayer) officially began in Avignon, France.
• 1402 – The English army won a major victory over Scotland at the Battle of Homildon Hill.

From 1601 to 1900

• 1607 – The "Flight of the Earls" happened in Ireland, where many Irish leaders left the country.
• 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, was started.
• 1723 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena began the building of Fort Manoel in Malta.
• 1741 – The famous composer George Frideric Handel finished his well-known musical work, Messiah.
• 1752 – The British Empire officially switched to the Gregorian calendar. This meant they skipped eleven days, so September 2nd was followed by September 14th!
• 1763 – Seneca warriors defeated British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• 1782 – During the American Revolutionary War, George Washington reviewed the French troops led by General Rochambeau in New York.
• 1791 – The Papal States lost control of Avignon to Revolutionary France.
• 1808 – In the Finnish War, Russian forces defeated the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
• 1812 – During the Napoleonic Wars, the French army entered Moscow. Soon after, the city began to burn in the Great Fire of Moscow.
• 1814 – At the Battle of Baltimore, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem Defence of Fort McHenry. This poem later became the words for the American national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.
• 1829 – The Ottoman Empire and Russia signed the Treaty of Adrianople, which ended the Russo-Turkish War.
• 1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers carried out the Kot massacre, killing about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
• 1862 – During the American Civil War, the Battle of South Mountain was fought as part of the Maryland Campaign.

Modern Times (1901-Present)

• 1901 – U.S. President William McKinley passed away after being seriously injured by an anarchist on September 6th. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt then became president.
• 1911 – Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin was shot while watching an opera in Kiev, with Tsar Nicholas II present.
• 1914 – HMAS AE1, the first submarine of the Royal Australian Navy, was lost at sea near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, with everyone on board.
• 1917 – The Russian Empire was officially replaced by the Russian Republic.
• 1936 – Raoul Villain, who had assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, was himself killed in Ibiza.
• 1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boarded the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn. This caused a diplomatic problem that the Soviet Union later used to take over Estonia.
• 1940 – The Hungarian Army and local Hungarians killed 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania.
• 1943 – World War II: The German army began a three-day operation in Greece, targeting several villages in the Viannos region. Over 500 people were killed.
• 1944 – World War II: Maastricht became the first city in the Netherlands to be freed by Allied forces.
• 1948 – The Indian Army captured the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• 1954 – In a top-secret nuclear test, a Soviet bomber dropped a 40-kiloton atomic weapon near Totskoye village.
• 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by Ernst Mohr, reached the upper atmosphere.
• 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), a group of oil-producing countries, was founded.
• 1960 – During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu Sese Seko took power in a military coup, stopping the parliament and constitution.
• 1975 – Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American saint, recognized by Pope Paul VI.
• 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, the leader of Afghanistan, was assassinated. Hafizullah Amin then became the new leader.
• 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, who was about to become President of Lebanon, was assassinated.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger became the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1985 – The Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, opened to traffic. It connects the island of Penang to the mainland.
• 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
• 1993 – Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashed after overshooting the runway at Warsaw Chopin Airport, killing two people.
• 1994 – The rest of the Major League Baseball season was canceled because of a strike by players.
• 1997 – Eighty-one people were killed when five train cars of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express fell into a river in India.
• 1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom completed their huge $37 billion merger, forming MCI WorldCom.
• 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru, and Tonga joined the United Nations.
• 2000 – Microsoft released Windows Me, a new version of its operating system.
• 2001 – A historic National Prayer Service was held at Washington National Cathedral for the victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar large service was held in Canada.
• 2002 – Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashed in Brazil, killing both pilots.
• 2003 – Estonia voted to approve joining the European Union.
• 2003 – Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá was removed from power in a peaceful military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
• 2007 – The Northern Rock bank in the United Kingdom experienced the first bank run in 150 years, where many customers tried to withdraw their money at once.
• 2008 – Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737, crashed near Perm International Airport in Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
• 2015 – The first observation of gravitational waves was made, a huge scientific discovery announced in 2016.
• 2019 – Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
• 2022 – After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her coffin was moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall for her lying in state. Thousands of mourners waited in a long queue along the River Thames to pay their respects.

Famous People Born on September 14th

Born Before 1900

• 208 – Diadumenian, a Roman emperor.
• 768 – Al-Ma'mun, an Abbasid caliph.
• 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, a German scholar who studied theology, astrology, and alchemy.
• 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, an important Dutch politician.
• 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, a Spanish poet and politician.
• 1618 – Peter Lely, a famous Dutch-English painter.
• 1736 – Robert Raikes, an English person who started the first Sunday school.
• 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, a German geographer and explorer.
• 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, an English general and the 14th Governor-General of India.
• 1804 – John Gould, an English ornithologist (bird expert) and illustrator.
• 1843 – Lola Rodríguez de Tió, a Puerto Rican poet and activist for women's rights.
• 1860 – Hamlin Garland, an American novelist and poet.
• 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, an English lawyer and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, an American illustrator.
• 1879 – Margaret Sanger, an American nurse and activist.
• 1886 – Jan Masaryk, a Czech soldier and politician.
• 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, a Russian mathematician.

Born After 1900

• 1909 – Peter Scott, an English ornithologist, painter, and sailor.
• 1910 – Jack Hawkins, an English actor.
• 1913 – Jacobo Árbenz, a Guatemalan captain and President of Guatemala.
• 1914 – Clayton Moore, an American actor, famous for playing the Lone Ranger.
• 1915 – John Dobson, an astronomer who designed the Dobsonian telescope.
• 1918 – Cachao López, a Cuban-American bassist and composer.
• 1920 – Mario Benedetti, a Uruguayan journalist and author.
• 1920 – Lawrence Klein, an American economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics.
• 1921 – Constance Baker Motley, an American lawyer, judge, and politician.
• 1921 – Paul Poberezny, an American pilot who founded the Experimental Aircraft Association.
• 1924 – Jerry Coleman, an American baseball player and manager.
• 1926 – Michel Butor, a French author.
• 1928 – Alberto Korda, a Cuban photographer.
• 1933 – Zoe Caldwell, an Australian actress.
• 1934 – Kate Millett, an American author and activist.
• 1936 – Walter Koenig, an American actor, producer, and screenwriter.
• 1936 – Ferid Murad, an American doctor and scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 1937 – Renzo Piano, an Italian architect who designed famous buildings like The Shard.
• 1940 – Larry Brown, an American basketball player and coach.
• 1944 – Joey Heatherton, an American actress, singer, and dancer.
• 1947 – Sam Neill, a Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director.
• 1949 – Steve Gaines, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1955 – Geraldine Brooks, an Australian-American novelist and journalist.
• 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, a Greek lawyer and former Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1959 – Morten Harket, a Norwegian singer-songwriter.
• 1960 – Melissa Leo, an American actress.
• 1962 – Robert Herjavec, a Croatian-Canadian businessman.
• 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, a Russian lawyer and former President of Russia.
• 1969 – Bong Joon-ho, a South Korean director and screenwriter, known for films like "Parasite."
• 1970 – Ketanji Brown Jackson, an American lawyer and current associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1971 – Kimberly Williams-Paisley, an American actress.
• 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, an English actor.
• 1973 – Nas, an American rapper.
• 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, a Moroccan runner.
• 1978 – Ron DeSantis, an American politician and current Governor of Florida.
• 1978 – Carmen Kass, an Estonian model and actress.
• 1981 – Miyavi, a Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1983 – Amy Winehouse, an English singer-songwriter.
• 1984 – Ayushmann Khurrana, an Indian actor and singer.
• 1985 – Aya Ueto, a Japanese actress and singer.
• 1986 – Steven Naismith, a Scottish footballer.
• 1987 – Jessica Brown Findlay, an English actress.
• 1989 – Jimmy Butler, an American basketball player.
• 1989 – Lee Jong-suk, a South Korean actor and model.
• 1991 – Nana, a South Korean singer, actress, and model.
• 1992 – Zico, a South Korean rapper.
• 1995 – Deshaun Watson, an American football player.
• 1999 – Emma Kenney, an American actress.

Notable People Who Died on September 14th

Passed Away Before 1900

• AD 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, the son of Roman Emperor Tiberius.
• 258 – Cyprian, an African bishop and saint.
• 407 – John Chrysostom, a Byzantine archbishop and saint.
• 775 – Constantine V, a Byzantine emperor.
• 786 – Al-Hadi, an Abbasid caliph.
• 891 – Stephen V, a pope of the Catholic Church.
• 919 – Niall Glúndub, the High King of Ireland.
• 1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, a Syrian ruler.
• 1321 – Dante Alighieri, a famous Italian writer, known for The Divine Comedy.
• 1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, an English politician and military leader.
• 1523 – Pope Adrian VI.
• 1638 – John Harvard, an English-American minister and philanthropist after whom Harvard University is named.
• 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, an Italian-French mathematician and astronomer.
• 1715 – Dom Pérignon, a French monk often associated with the development of champagne.
• 1836 – Aaron Burr, an American colonel and the 3rd Vice President of the United States.
• 1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, an American novelist, known for The Last of the Mohicans.
• 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, an Irish-English field marshal and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, famous for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1901 – William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States.
• 1916 – José Echegaray, a Spanish engineer and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1927 – Isadora Duncan, a famous American-Russian dancer and choreographer.
• 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first President of Czechoslovakia.
• 1960 – M. Karagatsis, a Greek author.
• 1966 – Gertrude Berg, an American actress and screenwriter.
• 1966 – Cemal Gürsel, the 4th President of Turkey.
• 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, the 3rd President of Afghanistan.
• 1981 – Furry Lewis, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1982 – John Gardner, an American novelist.
• 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, a Lebanese commander and politician.
• 1982 – Grace Kelly, an American actress who became the Princess of Monaco.
• 1984 – Janet Gaynor, an American actress.
• 1989 – Pérez Prado, a Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist.
• 1991 – Julie Bovasso, an American actress and playwright.
• 1992 – Paul Martin Sr., a Canadian lawyer and politician.
• 1998 – Yang Shangkun, the 4th President of China.
• 1999 – Charles Crichton, an English director and producer.
• 2000 – Beah Richards, an American actress.
• 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, a Greek singer and guitarist.
• 2005 – Robert Wise, an American director and producer.
• 2006 – Mickey Hargitay, a Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor.
• 2009 – Keith Floyd, an English chef and author.
• 2009 – Henry Gibson, an American actor.
• 2009 – Jody Powell, an American diplomat and White House Press Secretary.
• 2009 – Patrick Swayze, an American actor, singer, and dancer.
• 2011 – Malcolm Wallop, an American politician.
• 2012 – Jacques Antoine, a French game show producer, who created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard.
• 2013 – Osama El-Baz, an Egyptian soldier and diplomat.
• 2014 – Tony Auth, an American illustrator.
• 2015 – Fred DeLuca, an American businessman who co-founded Subway restaurants.
• 2021 – Norm Macdonald, a Canadian comedian and actor.

Holidays and Special Days

• Christian feast day:
  • Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel)
  • Crescentius of Rome
  • Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
    • Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)
  • Lord of Miracles of Buga
  • Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (one of Martyr Saints of China)
  • Maternus of Cologne
  • Notburga
  • September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Engineer's Day (Romania)
• Hindi Day (Hindi-speaking states of India)
• Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
• San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

See also

In Spanish: 14 de septiembre para niños