Template:On this day - August 14

Manuel Saumell Robredo

• 1084 – El Cid, in command of the army of the Taifa of Zaragoza, defeats the coalition of Al-Mundhir of Lérida and Sancho Ramírez of Aragon at the Battle of Morella.
• 1227 – Ferdinand III the Saint, King of Castile, and the Archbishop of Toledo Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada lay the first stone for the rebuilding of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo.
• 1385 – At the Battle of Aljubarrota, the troops of John I of Castile are defeated by the forces of John of Aviz, who thereby becomes John I, King of Portugal.
• 1415 – Dom Duarte and Henry the Navigator conquer the city of Ceuta.
• 1502 – At Punta Caxinas, today Punta Castilla, on the Bay of Trujillo (Honduras), the first Catholic Mass on the mainland of the American continent is celebrated.
• 1598 – In Seville the Casa-Lonja opens, which will later become the General Archive of the Indies.
• 1682 – Queen Mariana of Austria donates the manor house and entailed estate of Loyola to the Society of Jesus.
• 1768 – Birth of María Rosa Gálvez, Spanish poet (d. 1806).
• 1770 – Birth of Mariano Matamoros, Mexican priest and soldier (d. 1814).
• 1808 – In Zaragoza, the French invaders lift the first siege after learning of their defeat at the Battle of Bailén.
• 1838 – Birth of Tomás Olleros Mansilla, the "last Spanish conquistador" (d. 1890).
• 1870 – Death of Manuel Saumell, Cuban composer, considered the initiator of Cuban musical nationalism (b. 1818).
• 1912 – In Nicaragua, American forces intervene, at the request of President Adolfo Díaz, to put down the popular uprising that threatened to overthrow him.
• 1914 – Birth of Adolfo Ábalos, Argentine pianist and folk composer (d. 2008).
• 1996 – In Arequipa (Peru), on the eve of the anniversary of the city's founding, a firecracker accidentally strikes a high-voltage cable, which falls onto a crowd waiting to see a fireworks display. 35 people died of electric shock.
• 1998 – In Argentina, under the Government of Carlos Saúl Menem, the judges of the highest courts decide to shelve (close) the investigations into the people who disappeared during the dictatorship.
• 2002 – The world's largest floating structure, built by the Spanish groups FCC and Dragados, sets out from the Bay of Algeciras bound for Monaco; it is 350 meters long and 19 high, with 400 parking spaces, a marina for pleasure craft and berthing facilities for cruise ships more than 200 meters long.
• 2015 – In Havana (Cuba) the embassy of the United States officially opens after the resumption of diplomatic relations.