On This Day: January 14th

An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.

Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome.

RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched.

Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.

Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.

The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.

American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

The Third Battle of Panipat, the largest battle of the 18th century, is fought in India between the Afghan Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani, and the Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau.

Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.

King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.