Historical Events For November - 14

1844  Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41 on November - 14.  

1845  Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket) on this day in history.  

1851  "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published on November - 14.  

1860  Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58 on November - 14.  

1861  Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) on November - 14.  

1863  On this day in history bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  

1863  Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi on this day in history.  

1863  On November - 14 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)  

1875  On November - 14 jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater  

1877  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn) on this day in history.  

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1879  On this day in history geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer  

1880  On November - 14 eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)  

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

1881  On November - 14 charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination  

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

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

1888  St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes on November - 14.  

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

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.  

1889  On this day in history jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)  

1892  On November - 14 james Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)  

1893  Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin on November - 14.  

1893  Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi) on November - 14.  

1894  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)  

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on November - 14.  

1894  Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist on November - 14.  

1896  Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation on this day in history.  

1896  On November - 14 mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)  

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

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

1900  On November - 14 clara Fasano, sculptor  

1901  Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family) on this day in history.  

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

1904  On November - 14 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer  

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1511  On November - 14 birth of janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)  

1567  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625) was born on November - 14.  

1601  Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680) was born on November - 14.  

1650  Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702) was born on November - 14.  

1663  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer was born on November - 14.  

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

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

1740  Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

0563  Justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

0784  On November - 14 alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

0976  On this day in history t'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies  

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

1263  Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43 on November - 14.  

1359  On November - 14 gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies  

1391  Death of Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340) on November - 14.  

1522  On this day in history anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61