WHAT HAPPENED ON 14. AUGUST
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Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. (14. August 29. BC)

King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. (14. August 1040)

Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). (14. August 1183)

Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to Düsseldorf, the village on the banks of the Düssel. (14. August 1288)

War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron. (14. August 1352)

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Carlsbad (subsequently was named after him). (14. August 1370)

Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota – Portuguese forces commanded by King John I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King John I. (14. August 1385)

Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Battle of Ceuta. (14. August 1415)

Imjin War: at the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin and Won Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu, at Hansan Island. (14. August 1592)

Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford – Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal. (14. August 1598)

The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa. (14. August 1816)

American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma. (14. August 1842)

Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress. (14. August 1848)

Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed. (14. August 1880)

Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. (14. August 1885)

An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England. (14. August 1888)

France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. (14. August 1893)

Franco-Hova Wars: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar. (14. August 1897)

The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. (14. August 1900)

The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. (14. August 1901)