July 14

Today in History
• 1099 - City of Jerusalem is plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade
• 1205 - Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitudea
• 1410 - Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland
• 1783 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
• 1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta
• 1806 - Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest
• 1815 - Napoleon surrendered and is later exiled on St. Helena
• 1869 - Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Celebration of the Horse Day
• H.M. The Sultan's Birthday (in lieu)
• International Snowdon Race
• National Give Something Away Day
• National Respect Canada Day
• Saint Swithin’s Day
• Unimwane Day
• World Youth Skills Day

Birthdays
• 1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince
• 1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1701 - Pierre Joubert, became the oldest known Canadian (113 years 124 days at his death)
• 1704 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in North America
• 1796 - Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology)
• 1817 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)
• 1858 - Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette who formed the Women's Social and Political Union
• 1867 - Maggie L. Walker, African-American businesswoman (1st female Bank President)