If I see another thing about how 14 is an unlucky number and bad stuff always happens in the 14th year of a century... let's go back history lane 20th century: WWI starts, traumatizing the West with its brutality. Score 1 for bad '14s. 19th century: Napoleon, having been defeated in 2012 in Russia (classical blunder!), is in retreat after years of successful war. His only remaining ally in Europe has gone bankrupt. After the defeaut in 1815 at Waterloo, the Pax Britannica oversees an era of progress. 1:1. 18th century: The War of Spanish Succession ends, bringing, if not peace, then at least less war to Europe after 13 years. 1:2 17th century: Nothing really notable happened until 1618 when the Defenestration of Prague started the 30 years war. 1618, not 1614. 1:3 16th century: Some ongoing wars, including the Italian wars (1494 to 1559), but nothing remarkable in 1514. 1:4 15th century: Nothing of note in 1414. The Battle of Agincourt happens the year after, but is but one of ...