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| Gregorian calendar | 1914 MCMXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2667 |
| Armenian calendar | 1363 ԹՎ ՌՅԿԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6664 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 70–71 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1835–1836 |
| Bengali calendar | 1321 |
| Berber calendar | 2864 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Geo. 5 – 5 Geo. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2458 |
| Burmese calendar | 1276 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7422–7423 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4611 or 4404 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4612 or 4405 |
| Coptic calendar | 1630–1631 |
| Discordian calendar | 3080 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1906–1907 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5674–5675 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1970–1971 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1835–1836 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5014–5015 |
| Holocene calendar | 11914 |
| Igbo calendar | 914–915 |
| Iranian calendar | 1292–1293 |
| Islamic calendar | 1332–1333 |
| Japanese calendar | Taishō 3 (大正３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1843–1845 |
| Juche calendar | 3 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4247 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 3 民國3年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 446 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2456–2457 |
| 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 |
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.
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo 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.