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  On this day in history bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  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  Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.  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  Charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination on this day in history.  Share it »

1881  Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination on this day in history.  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  On this day in history nY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip  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  On this day in history james Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)  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  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)  Share it »

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

1894  On this day in history harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist  Share it »

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

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

1897  John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas) on this day in history.  Share it »

1900  The birth of Aaron Copland, American composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1900  On this day in history clara Fasano, sculptor  Share it »

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

1902  On this day in history paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies  Share it »

1904  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1567  On this day in history birth of maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)  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  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer was born on this day in history.  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  Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

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

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

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

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

1391  Death of Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340) on this day in history.  Share it »

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