The year 1914 in the Gregorian calendar.....was really the year year 7422 in the Byzantine Calendar. They did not restart their calendar after Christ and Herod's Ministry. It helps us remember how old our world really is.

 


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This article is about the year 1914. For the board game, see 1914 (game). For the German drama film, see 1914 (film). For the sonnet by Wilfred Owen, see 1914 (poem).

1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1914th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 914th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1914, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:2nd millennium
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1914 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1914
MCMXIV
Ab urbe condita2667
Armenian calendar1363
ԹՎ ՌՅԿԳ
Assyrian calendar6664
Baháʼí calendar70–71
Balinese saka calendar1835–1836
Bengali calendar1321
Berber calendar2864
British Regnal year4 Geo. 5 – 5 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar2458
Burmese calendar1276
Byzantine calendar7422–7423
Chinese calendar癸丑年 (Water Ox)
4610 or 4550
    — to —
甲寅年 (Wood Tiger)
4611 or 4551
Coptic calendar1630–1631
Discordian calendar3080
Ethiopian calendar1906–1907
Hebrew calendar5674–5675
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1970–1971
 - Shaka Samvat1835–1836
 - Kali Yuga5014–5015
Holocene calendar11914
Igbo calendar914–915
Iranian calendar1292–1293
Islamic calendar1332–1333
Japanese calendarTaishō 3
(大正３年)
Javanese calendar1843–1845
Juche calendar3
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4247
Minguo calendarROC 3
民國3年
Nanakshahi calendar446
Thai solar calendar2456–2457
Tibetan calendar阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
2040 or 1659 or 887
    — to —
阳木虎年
(male Wood-Tiger)
2041 or 1660 or 888
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This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrillo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.

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