July 14

July 14 is the 195th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the 196th in leap years.

There remain 170 days until the end of the year.

Events

• 1520: in Mexico, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his men defeat the Aztecs at the Battle of Otumba.
• 1769: the expedition commanded by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California at the port of Monterey.
• 1771: in California, the Franciscan friars Junípero Serra and Buenaventura Sitjar found the Mission San Antonio de Padua.
• 1808: at Medina de Rioseco (Spain), in the context of the Napoleonic Invasion of Spain, the French army defeats the Spanish at the Battle of Moclín, or of Medina de Rioseco.
• 1811: in Venezuela, General Francisco de Miranda hoists for the first time the tricolor flag as the official ensign of the First Republic of Venezuela.
• 1892: in Santiago (Chile), President Jorge Montt and the Minister of Public Instruction, Joaquín Rodríguez Rosas, issue supreme decree no. 1554, which created the Liceo de Aplicación.
• 1902: at Machu Picchu (Peru), the Cuzco landowner Agustín Lizárraga writes on a wall "A. Lizárraga, 14 de julio de 1902", which serves as proof that the American Hiram Bingham did not discover the citadel (on July 24, 1911). As early as the mid-19th century, the citadel had begun to be plundered by the timber businessman August Berns.
• 1906: in the Philippines (invaded by the United States) President Macario Sakay (35) and his guerrillas surrender, accepting the amnesty promised by the American "governor". They would be hanged the following year.
• 1970: in Managua (Nicaragua), President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Foreign Minister Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez and the United States ambassador Turner B. Shelton sign the abrogation of the Bryan–Chamorro Treaty, signed in 1914, at the National Palace (now the Palace of Culture).
• 1979: in the United States, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance issues the Cyrus Vanc Note to force the resignation of the President of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who was facing the Sandinista popular insurrection.
• 1999: in London, an agreement is signed between Argentina and the United Kingdom allowing Argentines access to the Falkland Islands.
• 2010: in the town of Tirúa (Chile) a strong aftershock of the 2010 Chile earthquake is recorded, of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale; it is felt throughout the Araucanía and Biobío regions.
• 2011: in Villa Martelli (Greater Buenos Aires), President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner opens the mega-exhibition Tecnópolis, which will run until August 22.

Births

• 1717: Ventura Rodríguez, Spanish architect (d. 1785).
• 1733: Joaquín Fernando Garay, Spanish biologist (d. 1810).
• 1747: Juan Escóiquiz, Spanish writer, tutor and canon (d. 1820).
• 1748: Pedro García de la Huerta, Spanish priest and art historian (d. 1799).
• 1806: Fermín Toro, Venezuelan politician and writer (d. 1865).
• 1807: Ventura de la Vega, Spanish writer (d. 1865).
• 1812: Buenaventura Báez, Dominican politician and military officer (d. 1884).
• 1831: Luis González Balcarce, Argentine official (d. 1904).
• 1868: Joaquín Llambías, Argentine physician (d. 1931).
• 1888: Enrique de Rosas, Argentine actor (d. 1948).
• 1891: Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón, Spanish art historian (d. 1971).
• 1910: Lucas Demare, Argentine filmmaker (d. 1981).
• 1916: Julio Porter, Argentine screenwriter and filmmaker (d. 1979).
• 1925: María Asunción Català Poch, Spanish mathematician and astronomer (d. 2009).
• 1929: Julio de Grazia, Argentine actor (d. 1989).
• 1931: Luis Pércovich, Peruvian pharmaceutical chemist and politician (b. 2017).
• 1931: Helga Liné, German actress settled in Spain.
• 1936: Héctor Ulloa, Colombian actor (d. 2018).
• 1942: Javier Solana, Spanish politician.
• 1956: Julio Chávez, Argentine actor.
• 1958: Miguel Ángel Cortés, Spanish politician.
• 1959: Wilmer Barrientos, Venezuelan general.
• 1966: Ana María Cuervo, Spanish cell biologist
• 1973: Candela Peña, Spanish actress.
• 1976: Andrés Ospina, Colombian writer and radio producer.
• 1977: Norelys Rodríguez, Venezuelan actress, model, philanthropist, graphic designer and television host
• 1982: Andrés Borghi, Argentine director and screenwriter, creator of the video game "The Black Heart".
• 1983: Milena Torres, Venezuelan actress, television host, singer and model, youtuber and economist.
• 1984: Adriana Abenia, Spanish television presenter, model and actress.
• 1988: Luis Troche, Paraguayan actor.
• 1992: Malena Luchetti, Argentine actress.
• 1992: Brytiago, Puerto Rican singer.
• 2000: Maia Reficco, American actress and singer.

Deaths

• 1610: Francisco Solano, Spanish religious and saint (b. 1549).
• 1803: Esteban Salas, Cuban priest and composer of religious music (b. 1725).
• 1816: Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan founding father (b. 1750).
• 1824: Agustín de Betancourt, Spanish engineer (b. 1758).

Jacinto Benavente

• 1954: Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1922 (b. 1866).
• 1970: Luis Mariano, Spanish singer (b. 1914).
• 1971: Ermilo Abreu Gómez, Mexican writer, historian and journalist (b. 1894).
• 1974: Héctor Boza, Peruvian politician (b. 1888).
• 1975: Héctor Pavez, Chilean singer (b. 1932).
• 1980: Carlos López Moctezuma, Mexican actor (b. 1909).
• 1980: Luis Politti, Argentine actor (b. 1933).
• 1984: Josep Coll, Spanish comic artist (b. 1923).
• 2000: Pepo (René Ríos Bottegier), Chilean humorist (b. 1911).
• 2002: Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican president (b. 1906).
• 2002: Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (b. 1957).

Compay Segundo

• 2003: Compay Segundo, Cuban singer and guitarist (b. 1907).
• 2005: Guillermo Lohmann, Peruvian historian and lawyer (b. 1915).
• 2010: Eduardo Sánchez Junco, Spanish journalist (b. 1943).
• 2010: Jorge Rojo Lugo, Mexican politician (b. 1933).
• 2011: Antonio Prieto, Chilean actor and singer (b. 1926).
• 2012: Marcel Curuchet, Uruguayan musician (b. 1972).
• 2012: Jorge Luz, Argentine actor and humorist (b. 1922).
• 2012: Enrique Silva Cimma, Chilean politician (b. 1918).
• 2014: Vilma Ferrán, Argentine actress (b. 1940).
• 2014: Leopoldo Verona, Argentine actor (b. 1931).

Observances

• El Salvador: Doctor's Day.
• France: National Day of France.
• Iraq: Republic Day.
• Nicaragua: National Flag Day.

See also

• July 13.
• July 15.
• June 14.
• August 14.
• Calendar of anniversaries.