Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 14

January 14: Coming-of-Age Day in Japan (2008); Makar Sankranti in India.

• 1301 – The Árpád dynasty, who ruled in Hungary since the late 9th century, ended with the death of King Andrew III.

• 1724 – Philip V, the first Bourbon ruler of Spain, abdicated the throne to his eldest son Louis.

• 1761 – The Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the French-supplied and trained Maratha troops at the Third Battle of Panipat in Panipat, present-day Haryana, India.

• 1814 – Sweden and Denmark–Norway signed the Treaty of Kiel, whereby Frederick VI of Denmark (pictured), a loser in the Napoleonic Wars, ceded Norway to Sweden in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania.

• 1939 – Norway claimed Queen Maud Land in Antarctica as a dependent territory.

• 1952 – Today, the world's first morning/breakfast television show, debuted on the American television network NBC.

• 2004 – The national flag of Georgia, the so-called Five Cross Flag, was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.

More anniversaries:

• January 13
• January 14
• January 15