January 14th in History
January 14th
JANUARY 14, 1236
King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
JANUARY 14, 1301
King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
1784: United States Ratifies Peace Treaty with Britain
On January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War and establishing the United States as an independent nation. This treaty, which had been signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation that extended to the Mississippi River. The ratification process involved complex negotiations over territorial claims, fishing rights, and the treatment of Loyalists.
1878 Queen Victoria watched a demonstration of Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, by W.H. Preece at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Preece called it 'Signalling through Space without Wires'.
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On this day in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his revolutionary telephone invention at an exhibition in New Haven, Connecticut, transmitting a message over a two-mile distance.
1896 The first public screening of a film in Britain, at the London headquarters of the Royal Photographic society.
1967: Human Be-In in San FranciscoThe “Human Be-In” gathering took place on this day in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, bringing together approximately 30,000 people in what became a pivotal moment for the counterculture movement. The event featured prominent figures like Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder, along with musical performances from bands including the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. This “Gathering of the Tribes” promoted peace, love, and psychedelic consciousness, serving as a precursor to the Summer of Love that would define San Francisco later that year
JANUARY 14, 1236
King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
JANUARY 14, 1301
King Andrew III died without any male heirs, ending the Árpád dynasty, which had ruled Hungary since the late 9th century.
1784: United States Ratifies Peace Treaty with Britain
On January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War and establishing the United States as an independent nation. This treaty, which had been signed in Paris on September 3, 1783, recognized American independence and established borders for the new nation that extended to the Mississippi River. The ratification process involved complex negotiations over territorial claims, fishing rights, and the treatment of Loyalists.
1878 Queen Victoria watched a demonstration of Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, by W.H. Preece at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Preece called it 'Signalling through Space without Wires'.
Also..
On this day in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated his revolutionary telephone invention at an exhibition in New Haven, Connecticut, transmitting a message over a two-mile distance.
1896 The first public screening of a film in Britain, at the London headquarters of the Royal Photographic society.
1967: Human Be-In in San FranciscoThe “Human Be-In” gathering took place on this day in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, bringing together approximately 30,000 people in what became a pivotal moment for the counterculture movement. The event featured prominent figures like Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder, along with musical performances from bands including the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. This “Gathering of the Tribes” promoted peace, love, and psychedelic consciousness, serving as a precursor to the Summer of Love that would define San Francisco later that year
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