1914
year
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It was the year that saw the start of what became known as World War I.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s – 1910s – 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1911 1912 1913 – 1914 – 1915 1916 1917 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1914 MCMXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2667 |
| Armenian calendar | 1363 ԹՎ ՌՅԿԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6664 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 70–71 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1835–1836 |
| Bengali calendar | 1321 |
| Berber calendar | 2864 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Geo. 5 – 5 Geo. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2458 |
| Burmese calendar | 1276 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7422–7423 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4610 or 4550 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4611 or 4551 |
| Coptic calendar | 1630–1631 |
| Discordian calendar | 3080 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1906–1907 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5674–5675 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1970–1971 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1835–1836 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5014–5015 |
| Holocene calendar | 11914 |
| Igbo calendar | 914–915 |
| Iranian calendar | 1292–1293 |
| Islamic calendar | 1332–1333 |
| Japanese calendar | Taishō 3 (大正３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1843–1845 |
| Juche calendar | 3 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4247 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 3 民國3年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 446 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2456–2457 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 2040 or 1659 or 887 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 2041 or 1660 or 888 |
Events
change- June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Countess Sophie were assassinated by Black Hand in Sarajevo. This led to World War I.
- August 2 – According to the NSDAP 25 points manifesto, anyone who was not German-race who did not live in Germany before this date had to leave the country.
- August 15 - Construction of the Panama Canal is finished.
- August 31 – Saint Petersburg, Russia is renamed Petrograd by Nicholas II.
- September 26 - The Federal Trade Commission is formed.
Date unknown
change- Australian supermarket chain Coles Supermarkets was founded.
- The Iglesia ni Cristo ("Church of Christ") was built in the Philippines.
- The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main opened.
- Yuma, Arizona became a city.
- Portugal got rid of the monarchy of Kongo.
Nobel Prizes
changeBirths
change- February 5 – William S. Burroughs, American writer (d. 1999)
- March 31 – Octavio Paz, Mexican writer, poet and diplomat (d, 1998)
- April 2 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
- May 13 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
- May 29 – Tenzing Norgay, Sherpa climber (d. 1986)
- September 24 – John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
- October 16 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, last Shah of Afghanistan (d. 2007)
- October 27- Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- November 25 – Joe DiMaggio, American MLB baseball player (d. 1999)
- December 14 – Karl Carstens, 5th President of West Germany (d. 1992)
- December 20 - Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American politician (d. 2013)
- December 30 – Igor Diakonov, Russian (Soviet) historian and linguist (d. 1999)
- Nancy Drew, Fictional character
Deaths
change- June 14 – Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
- June 28 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1863), and his wife Countess Sophie
- August 6 – Ellen Louise Wilson, American First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson. (b. 1860)