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By Elinor Evans Published: Monday, 14 February 2022 at 12:00 am 14 February 1483 Birth in Andijan in modern-day Uzbekistan of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur. Popularly known as Babur, meaning \u2018the lion\u2019, he was a descendant of Genghis Khan and Turkic ruler Tamerlaine, and India\u2019s first Mughal emperor. 14 February 1779 Yorkshire explorer Captain James Cook […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11037,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/02\/14-february-on-this-day-in-history.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Elinor Evans Published: Monday, 14 February 2022 at 12:00 am 14 February 1483 Birth in Andijan in modern-day Uzbekistan of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur. Popularly known as Babur, meaning \u2018the lion\u2019, he was a descendant of Genghis Khan and Turkic ruler Tamerlaine, and India\u2019s first Mughal emperor. 14 February 1779 Yorkshire explorer Captain James Cook…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

14 February 1483<\/h3>\n
Birth in Andijan in modern-day Uzbekistan of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur. Popularly known as Babur, meaning \u2018the lion\u2019, he was a descendant of Genghis Khan and Turkic ruler Tamerlaine, and India\u2019s first Mughal emperor.<\/p>\n

14 February 1779<\/h3>\n
Yorkshire explorer Captain James Cook is killed in Hawaii following a dispute with some of the local inhabitants over the theft of one of his boats.<\/p>\n

14 February 1780<\/h3>\n
Death in Wallingford, Berkshire of English jurist Sir William Blackstone. His four-volume Commentaries on the Laws of England was a major influence on the creators of the constitution of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

14 February 1797<\/h3>\n
Admiral Sir John Jervis defeats the Spanish at the battle of Cape St Vincent.<\/p>\n

14 February 1804<\/h3>\n
In a remote Serbian village, local nationalists led by Black George Petrovic launch a rising against the Ottoman empire.<\/p>\n

14 February 1852<\/h3>\n
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children opened its doors to the public. The first in-patient was Eliza Armstrong from Lisson Grove who was suffering from phthisis and bronchitis.<\/p>\n

14 February 1858<\/h3>\n
Scottish geologist and explorer Joseph Thomson is born in Penpont, Dumfriesshire. Thomson\u2019s Gazelle (Gazella Thomsoni) is named after him.<\/p>\n

14 February 1483<\/h3>\nBirth in Andijan in modern-day Uzbekistan of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur. Popularly known as Babur, meaning \u2018the lion\u2019, he was a descendant of Genghis Khan and Turkic ruler Tamerlaine, and India\u2019s first Mughal emperor.<\/p>\n

14 February 1779<\/h3>\nYorkshire explorer Captain James Cook is killed in Hawaii following a dispute with some of the local inhabitants over the theft of one of his boats.<\/p>\n

14 February 1780<\/h3>\nDeath in Wallingford, Berkshire of English jurist Sir William Blackstone. His four-volume Commentaries on the Laws of England was a major influence on the creators of the constitution of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

14 February 1797<\/h3>\nAdmiral Sir John Jervis defeats the Spanish at the battle of Cape St Vincent.<\/p>\n

14 February 1804<\/h3>\nIn a remote Serbian village, local nationalists led by Black George Petrovic launch a rising against the Ottoman empire.<\/p>\n

14 February 1852<\/h3>\nGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children opened its doors to the public. The first in-patient was Eliza Armstrong from Lisson Grove who was suffering from phthisis and bronchitis.<\/p>\n