Historical Events Happened In November - 14

1844  On this day in history flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41  Share it »

1845  On this day in history allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)  Share it »

1851  On this day in history "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published  Share it »

1860  On this day in history feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58  Share it »

1861  On this day in history frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)  Share it »

1863  Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee on this day in history.  Share it »

1863  On this day in history skirmish at Danville, Mississippi  Share it »

1863  Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) on this day in history.  Share it »

1875  On this day in history jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater  Share it »

1877  On this day in history rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)  Share it »

1879  Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1880  Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) on this day in history.  Share it »

1881  On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination  Share it »

1881  On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination  Share it »

1883  On this day in history nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)  Share it »

1887  On this day in history bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer  Share it »

1888  On this day in history st Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes  Share it »

1889  NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip on this day in history.  Share it »

1889  New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours on this day in history.  Share it »

1889  Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) on this day in history.  Share it »

1892  James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912) on this day in history.  Share it »

1893  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin  Share it »

1893  On this day in history carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)  Share it »

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on this day in history.  Share it »

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on this day in history.  Share it »

1894  Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist on this day in history.  Share it »

1896  On this day in history power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation  Share it »

1896  On this day in history mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)  Share it »

1897  On this day in history john Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)  Share it »

1900  On this day in history the birth of Aaron Copland, American composer  Share it »

1900  Clara Fasano, sculptor on this day in history.  Share it »

1901  On this day in history morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)  Share it »

1902  Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1904  On this day in history alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer  Share it »

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1511  Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1567  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1601  Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1650  Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1663  On this day in history birth of friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer  Share it »

1679  On this day in history birth of omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius  Share it »

1719  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer  Share it »

1740  On this day in history birth of johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)  Share it »

0563  On this day in history justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82  Share it »

0784  On this day in history alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies  Share it »

0976  T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1226  On this day in history death of frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)  Share it »

1263  Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43 on this day in history.  Share it »

1359  Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1391  On this day in history death of nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)  Share it »

1522  Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61 on this day in history.  Share it »