WHAT HAPPENED ON 14. MARCH
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Casca and Cassius decide, on the night before the Assassination of Julius Caesar, that Mark Antony should stay alive. (14. March 44. BC)

Emperor Jin Huidi is executed by Liu Cong, ruler of the Xiongnu state (Han Zhao). (14. March 313)

Chioggia concludes an alliance with Zadar and Trogir against Venice, which becomes changed in 1412 in Šibenik. (14. March 1381)

The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. (14. March 1489)

Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots defeat the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne during the French Wars of Religion. (14. March 1590)

Thirty Years' War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. (14. March 1647)

Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch for breach of the Articles of War. (14. March 1757)

American Revolutionary War: Spanish forces capture Fort Charlotte in Mobile, Alabama, the last British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spanish Louisiana. (14. March 1780)

Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale. (14. March 1782)

Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin. (14. March 1794)

The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance in London. (14. March 1885)

The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United States currency on the gold standard. (14. March 1900)

The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty. (14. March 1903)

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by US President Theodore Roosevelt. (14. March 1903)

Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere. (14. March 1910)

World War I: Cornered off the coast of Chile by the Royal Navy after fleeing the Battle of the Falkland Islands, the German light cruiser SMS Dresden is abandoned and scuttled by her crew. (14. March 1915)

El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica: A train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás. 248 are killed and 93 wounded. (14. March 1926)

Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released. (14. March 1931)

The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.) (14. March 1936)

Slovakia declares independence under German pressure. (14. March 1939)

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