Historical Events In July - 14

1863  Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) on this day in history.   

1864  On July - 14 gold is discovered in Helena, Mont   

1865  On July - 14 the first ascent of Matterhorn   

1865  1st ascent of Matterhorn on July - 14.   

1865  On July - 14 annie Jones, Virginia, bearded lady   

1867  On July - 14 alfred Nobel demonstrates his new invention, dynamite, for the first time   

1868  On this day in history tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct   

1868  On this day in history alvin J Fellows patents tape measure   

1868  On this day in history gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)   

1869  Owen Wister, US, novelist (Virginian) on July - 14.   

1873  Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist/composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1874  'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914) on this day in history.   

1877  General strike brings US railroad to a stand still on July - 14.   

1880  On July - 14 donald Meek, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach)   

1881  On a ranch near old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, the infamous Western outlaw known as "Billy the Kid" was shot to death by Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County on July - 14.   

1883  On July - 14 alexandru Zirra, composer   

1884  Charles Meldrum Daniels, Dayton Oh, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1904, 08) on July - 14.   

1890  Ossip Zadkine, [Zadkin], Russ/French sculptor (Destroyed City) on July - 14.   

1891  On this day in history john T Smith patents corkboard   

1891  On this day in history henry Oscar, London England, actor (Saint in London)   

1893  A Charlois discovers asteroid #370 Modestia on July - 14.   

1893  John G Strijdom, premier of South-Africa (1954-58) on this day in history.   

1895  Frank Raymond Leavis, British literary critic (Culture & Environment) on July - 14.   

1895  Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65 on July - 14.   

1898  Ivan Triesault, Estonia, actor (Cry of the Werewolf, Black Parachute) on July - 14.   

1901  George Tobias, NYC, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched) on this day in history.   

1902  The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta on this day in history.   

1902  On July - 14 paul Guilfoyle, Jersey City NJ, actor/director (Curiosity Kills)   

1902  Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history irving Stone, US, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life)   

1904  The birth of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author on July - 14.   

1904  Isaac Bashevis Singer, Poland, Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978) on July - 14.   

1904  On July - 14 s J Paul Kruger, general/pres South-Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78   

1906  Arthur James Bramwell Hutchings, composer on this day in history.   

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1454  Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) was born on July - 14.   

1486  On July - 14 birth of andrea del Sarto, Italy, painter (Recollets)   

1602  Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61) was born on July - 14.   

1608  On July - 14 birth of george Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)   

1610  Ferdinand II, monarch of Toscane was born on July - 14.   

1610  On this day in history birth of ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)   

1634  On July - 14 birth of pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)   

1671  Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) was born on July - 14.   

0664  Death of Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

0937  On July - 14 death of arnulf, Duke of Bavaria   

1223  On this day in history philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57   

1298  Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies on July - 14.   

1575  Death of Richard Taverner, English Bible translator on this day in history.   

1614  Camillus de Lellis, Ital soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1671  On July - 14 death of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)   

1711  Death of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 on this day in history.