What happend on 14th February

13.02
15.02
1854

Texas is linked by telegraph with the rest of the United States, when a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas is completed.

1849

In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first President of the United States to have his photograph taken.

1804

Karadjordje led the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

1803

Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is void.

1797

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent & Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson led the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent near Gibraltar.

1779

James Cook is killed by the natives of the Sandwich Islands.

1743

Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister.

1575

Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont

1556

Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.

1076

Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.