What are the important events that happened on May 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 14 is the 134^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 1, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,119,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontatetragon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 279 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,527 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 14 Historical Events

• 1264 –
  Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
• 1836 –
  The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
• 1870 –
  The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• 1889 –
  The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
• 1913 –
  New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
• 1925 –
  Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• 1940 –
  The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight.
• 1948 –
  Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• 1963 –
  Kuwait joins the United Nations.
• 1970 –
  The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.

Who were born on May 14?

• 1630 –
  Katakura Kagenaga (2nd) (d. 1681)
• 1872 –
  Elia Dalla Costa, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1961)
• 1931 –
  Alvin Lucier, American composer
• 1942 –
  Byron Dorgan, American politician
• 1949 –
  Walter Day, founder of Twin Galaxies
• 1975 –
  Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
• 1979 –
  Edwige Lawson-Wade, French Basketball player
• 1983 –
  Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
• 1984 –
  Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
• 1987 –
  François Steyn, South African rugby union player

Who died on May 14?

• 1643 –
  King Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
• 1847 –
  Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
• 1889 –
  Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
• 1923 –
  Charles de Freycinet, Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1959 –
  Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, mother of Empress Zita of Austria (b. 1862)
• 1983 –
  Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (b. 1900)
• 1991 –
  Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong (b. 1914)
• 1997 –
  Harry Blackstone, Jr., American stage magician (b. 1934)
• 2000 –
  Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
• 2010 –
  Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)