September 14 in History

57 events 81 – 2022

September 14 spans 57 recorded events across recorded history — from 81 – 2022. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil fa

2019 — Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities

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The Abqaiq–Khurais attack resulted in a significant increase in oil prices, with Brent crude prices rising by 14.6% on the day following the attack.

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Yemen's Houthi rebels have been involved in a civil war with the Yemeni government since 2015, with Saudi Arabia leading a coalition of countries in support of the government.

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The attack on the Abqaiq and Khurais facilities was one of the largest attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure in recent history, with an estimated 5.7 million barrels of oil production affected.

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Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company that operated the facilities, is the world's largest oil exporter and is responsible for the majority of Saudi Arabia's oil production.

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Iran's denial of involvement in the attack has been met with skepticism by the United States and other countries, which have pointed to evidence of Iranian manufacture of the drones and missiles used in the attack.


Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
Calendar year
A.D. 81 (LXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silva and Pollio. The denomination A.D. 81 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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81
"Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī, famously known as Hārūn al-Rashīd, was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809. His reign is traditionally regarded to be the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age. His epithet al-Rashid translates to "the Just", "the Upright", or "the Rightly-Guided".
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786
Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
AD 919 attempt to drive Vikings from Ireland
The Battle of Islandbridge, also called the Battle of Áth Cliath, took place on 14 September 919, between a coalition of native Irish, led by Niall Glúndub, overking of the Northern Uí Néill and High King of Ireland, and the Dublin-based Vikings of the Uí Ímair, led by Sitric Cáech. It was one in a series of battles initiated by the native Irish to attempt to drive the Vikings of the Uí Ímair from Ireland. The battle was a decisive victory for Sitric Cáech and the Uí Ímair, with Niall Glúndub and five other Irish kings dying in the battle.
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919
Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin
Regent of Antioch from 1112 to 1119
Roger of Salerno was regent of the Principality of Antioch from 1112 to 1119. He was the son of Richard of the Principate and the nephew of Tancred, Prince of Galilee, both participants on the First Crusade. He became regent of Antioch when Tancred died in 1112; the actual prince, Bohemond II, was still a child. Like Tancred, Roger was almost constantly at war with the nearby Muslim states such as Aleppo. In 1114 there was an earthquake that destroyed many of the fortifications of the principality, and Roger took great care to rebuild them, especially those near the frontier.
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1115
Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan.
Conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans of feudal Japan (1180–1185)
The Genpei War was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself as Shōgun in 1192, governing Japan as a military dictator from the eastern city of Kamakura.
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1180
The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.
Christian church based in Rome
The Catholic Church, commonly called the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with an estimated 1.28 to 1.41 billion baptized members worldwide as of 2026. It consists of 24 autonomous churches—the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches—organized into nearly 3,500 dioceses and eparchies governed by bishops. Throughout history, the church has had a large role in the development of Western civilization. Catholic communities are present worldwide through missions, immigration, and conversions. The majority of Catholics live in the Global South, reflecting rapid demographic growth in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as secularization in parts of Europe and North America.
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1226
Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.
Conflict between English and Scottish armies in England, in 1402
The Battle of Holmedon Hill or Battle of Homildon Hill was a conflict between English and Scottish armies on 14 September 1402 in Northumberland, England. The battle was recounted in William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. Although Humbleton Hill is the modern name of the site, over the centuries it has been variously named Homildon, Hameldun, Holmedon, and Homilheugh.
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1402
Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
Secondary school in Swansea, Wales
The Bishop Gore School is a secondary school in Swansea in Wales, founded on 14 September 1682 by Hugh Gore (1613–1691), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated in Sketty, close to Singleton Park and Swansea University. In December 2013 the school was ranked in the second highest of five bands by the Welsh Government, based on performance in exams, value added performance, disadvantaged pupils' performance, and attendance.
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1682
Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.
Conflict between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire from 1684 to 1698
The Morean war, also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. Military operations ranged from Dalmatia to the Aegean Sea, but the war's major campaign was the Venetian conquest of the Morea (Peloponnese) peninsula in southern Greece.
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1685
Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
Portuguese nobleman; 66th ruler of Hospitaller Malta (r. 1722–36)
António Manoel de Vilhena was a Portuguese nobleman who was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he was benevolent and popular with the Maltese people. Vilhena is mostly remembered for the founding of Floriana, the construction of Fort Manoel and the Manoel Theatre, and the renovation of the city of Mdina.
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1723
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20 people 1990 – 2000
Han
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Benjamin Ingrosso
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1997
Dominic Solanke
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1996
Myles Wright
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1996
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1995
Brahim Darri
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1994
Gary Harris
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1994
Daniel O'Shaughnessy
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1994
Krasimir Stanoev
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1994
Brandon Brown
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1992
Cassie Sharpe
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1992
Zico
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1992
Dee Milliner
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1991
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1991
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1991
Douglas Costa
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1990
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1990
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20 people 2012 – 2025
Jim Edgar
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2025
Ricky Hatton
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2025
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2024
Otis Davis
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American sprinter (born 1932)
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2024
Norm Macdonald
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2021
Ethel Johnson
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2018
Davey Browne
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2015
Fred DeLuca
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Martin Kearns
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Tony Auth
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2014
Peter Gutteridge
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2014
E. Jennifer Monaghan
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2013
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2013
Faith Leech
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Jacques Antoine
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A featured event on this date is 2019: Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. This page also lists 57 events from other years on the same day.

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September 14 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

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Notable birthdays on this date include Han, Benjamin Ingrosso, Dominic Solanke.

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Notable deaths on this date include Jim Edgar, Ricky Hatton, Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah.

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On September 14, one notable event in history was 2019: Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities..

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