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January 14

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Treaty of Kiel

212 years ago

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1875

Albert Schweitzer

Died aged 90

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Joan I of Navarre

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1273 · 753 yrs

Joan I of Navarre

Joan I (14 January 1273 – 31 March/2 April 1305) (Basque: Joana, Spanish: Juana) was ruling Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne from 1274 until 1305. She was also Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV. She founded the College of Navarre in Paris in 1305.

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RoyaltyDied aged 32

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1841 · 185 yrs

Berthe Morisot

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (English: mor-ee-ZOH, French:; 14 January 1841 – 2 March 1895) was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

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ArtDied aged 54

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1850 · 176 yrs

Pierre Loti

Pierre Loti (French:; pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.

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LiteratureDied aged 73

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1861 · 165 yrs

Mehmed VI

Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Ottoman Turkish: محمد سادس, romanized: Meḥmed-i sâdis, or وحيد الدين, Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn; Turkish: VI. Mehmed or Vahideddin, also spelled as Vahidettin; 14 January 1861 – 16 May 1926), also known as Şahbaba (lit.

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Notable PeopleDied aged 65

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1875 · 151 yrs

Albert Schweitzer

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (German:; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

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ScienceDied aged 90

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1891 · 135 yrs

Ilya Ehrenburg

Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg (Russian: Илья Григорьевич Эренбург, pronounced; 26 January 1891 – 31 August 1967) was a Soviet writer, poet, revolutionary, journalist, translator, and cultural figure. Ehrenburg was among the most prolific and notable authors of the Soviet Union; he published around one hundred titles.

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1892 · 134 yrs

Martin Niemöller

Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (German:; 14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church and his opposition to state involvement in Church.

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1896 · 130 yrs

John Dos Passos

John Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916.

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1901 · 125 yrs

Alfred Tarski

Alfred Tarski (Polish:; born Alfred Teitelbaum; January 14, 1901 – October 26, 1983) was a Polish-American logician and mathematician.

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1913 · 113 yrs

Motoo Tatsuhara

Motoo Tatsuhara (立原元夫, Tatsuhara Motoo; January 14, 1913 – ?) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

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1919 · 107 yrs

Giulio Andreotti

Giulio Andreotti (US: AHN-dray-OT-ee, Italian:; 14 January 1919 – 6 May 2013) was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments (1972–1973, 1976–1979, and 1989–1992).

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1921 · 105 yrs

Murray Bookchin

Murray Bookchin (January 14, 1921 – July 30, 2006) was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Influenced by the works of G. W. F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Peter Kropotkin, he was a pioneer in the environmental movement.

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1753 · 273 yrs

George Berkeley

George Berkeley ( BARK-lee; 12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753), known as Bishop Berkeley (Bishop of Cloyne of the Anglican Church of Ireland), was an Anglo-Irish philosopher, writer, and clergyman who is regarded as the founder of immaterialism, a philosophical theory he developed which later came to be known as…

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ReligionDied aged 67

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1766 · 260 yrs

Frederick V of Denmark

Frederick V (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik V; 31 March 1723 – 14 January 1766) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August 1746 until his death in 1766. A member of the House of Oldenburg, he was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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RoyaltyDied aged 42

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1867 · 159 yrs

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( ANG-grə; French:; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style.

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ArtDied aged 86

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1898 · 128 yrs

Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.

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LiteratureDied aged 65

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1901 · 125 yrs

Charles Hermite

Charles Hermite (French:; 24 December 1822 – 14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who studied analysis, number theory, and algebra. One of his most remarkable achievements was the proof of the transcendence of the number e.

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ScienceDied aged 78

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1905 · 121 yrs

Ernst Abbe

Ernst Karl Abbe (23 January 1840 – 14 January 1905), was a German businessman, optical engineer, physicist, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments.

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ScienceDied aged 64

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1957 · 69 yrs

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart ( BOH-gart; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. Often known for his leading roles as both gangsters and detectives in film noirs, his performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon.

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FilmWould be 126

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1966 · 60 yrs

Sergei Korolev

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (12 January 1907 – 14 January 1966) was a Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer who led the development of the Soviet space program during the early years of the Space Race.

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1972 · 54 yrs

Frederik IX of Denmark

Frederik IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Christian IX.

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1977 · 49 yrs

Anaïs Nin

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( AN-eye-EESS NEEN; French:; February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica.

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1977 · 49 yrs

Anthony Eden

Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977), was a British statesman, diplomat and military officer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 to 1957.

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1977 · 49 yrs

Peter Finch

Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English and Australian actor. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudeville and radio before becoming a star of Australian films.

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Events5

1761 · 265 yrs

Third Battle of Panipat

The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761 between the Maratha Empire and the invading army of the Durrani Empire. The battle took place in and around the city of Panipat, approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Delhi.

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War

1814 · 212 yrs

Treaty of Kiel

The Treaty of Kiel (Danish: Kieltraktaten) or Peace of Kiel (Swedish and Norwegian: Kielfreden or freden i Kiel) was concluded between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden on one side and the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway on the other side on 14 January 1814 in Kiel.

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Politics

1943 · 83 yrs

Casablanca Conference

The Casablanca Conference (codenamed SYMBOL) or Anfa Conference was held in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II.

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Politics

1984 · 42 yrs

1984 Winter Paralympics

The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) were the third Winter Paralympics. They were held from 14 to 20 January 1984 in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Sports

2024 · 2 yrs

Abdication of Margrethe II

The abdication of Margrethe II as Queen of Denmark took place on 14 January 2024, the 52nd anniversary of her accession, being the first voluntary abdication of a Danish monarch since that of Eric III in 1146. Margrethe made the announcement of her abdication during her New Year's Eve address on 31 December 2023.

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