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May 14

 * 1509 - Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
 * 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.
 * 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Jackson (MS).
 * 1940 - World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
 * 1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact.