Year · 20th century
1914 in Roman numerals
1914 is written MCMXIV
Type any other number or numeral below to convert it.
Above 3,999? Type the barred part in brackets, e.g. (IV)CC = 4,200.
How MCMXIV is built
Roman numerals are written one decimal place at a time, largest first.
- Mthousands · 1M is 1,000.
- CMhundreds · 9C before M means 1,000 − 100 = 900. This saves writing DCCCC.
- Xtens · 1X is 10.
- IVones · 4I before V means 5 − 1 = 4. This saves writing IIII.
1,000 + 900 + 10 + 4 = 1,914
The pairs CM and IV use subtraction: a smaller letter before a larger one is taken away from it. Only six pairs work this way: IV, IX, XL, XC, CD and CM. More on subtraction
Mistakes to avoid
- Not MDCCCCXIIII (11 letters). That adds everything up without subtraction. The Romans sometimes wrote numbers this way, and clocks still show 4 as IIII, but today MCMXIV (6 letters) is the standard.
1914 for a tattoo or engraving
- Shortened to two digits ('14), it's XIV. Many date tattoos use this shorter form.
- MCMXIV has 6 letters. 100 of the 201 years from 1900 to 2100 are longer.
- 1914 was not a leap year (365 days), and 1 January 1914 was a Thursday.
See MCMXIV in tattoo lettering
MCMXIV in ten open-source fonts, on your skin tone, ready to download or print as a stencil.
PNG downloads are 3000 px with a transparent background. SVG downloads keep the lettering as outlines, so they look the same in any app. All fonts are open source (SIL Open Font Licence) and free to use for tattoos and products. See the font credits.
Years around 1914
Within the 1910s, every year starts MCMX (1,910).
Every year from 1910 to 1918 starts MCMX (1,910); only the ending changes.
| Number | Roman numeral |
|---|---|
| 1910 | MCMX |
| 1911 | MCMXI |
| 1912 | MCMXII |
| 1913 | MCMXIII |
| 1914 | MCMXIV |
| 1915 | MCMXV |
| 1916 | MCMXVI |
| 1917 | MCMXVII |
| 1918 | MCMXVIII |