What happend on 14th August

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1893

France introduces motor vehicle registration

1885

Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

1880

Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, completed

1848

Oregon Territory organized by Act of U.S. Congress

1846

The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.

1842

Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma

1598

Irish under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, destroy English force at the Battle of the Yellow Ford.

1385

1383-1385 Crisis: Castilians are defeated by Portuguese at the Battle of Aljubarrota.

1183

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).

1040

King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth