Portal:War/Selected anniversaries/October 14
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October 14
- 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the forces of William the Conqueror defeat the Saxon army and kill King Harold II of England.
- 1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
- 1758 - Austria defeats Prussia at the Battle of Hochkirk.
- 1806 - Battle of Jena-Auerstädt: France decisively defeats Prussia during the War of the Fourth Coalition, resulting in the occupation of most of Prussia by Napoleon.
- 1914 - World War I: German troops occupy Bruges.
- 1939 - World War II: German U-boat U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak.
- 1944 - World War II: Allied troops land on Corfu.
