Historical Events In November - 14

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

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

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

1860  On November - 14 feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58  

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  Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) on November - 14.  

1875  Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.  

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

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

1880  Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) on November - 14.  

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

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

1883  On November - 14 nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)  

1887  Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer on November - 14.  

1888  St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes on this day in history.  

1889  NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip on November - 14.  

1889  On November - 14 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  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1896  Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61) on November - 14.  

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

1900  The birth of Aaron Copland, American composer on November - 14.  

1900  On this day in history clara Fasano, sculptor  

1901  On November - 14 morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)  

1902  On November - 14 paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies  

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

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1511  Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia) was born on November - 14.  

1567  On November - 14 birth of maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)  

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

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

1663  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer was born on this day in history.  

1679  On November - 14 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 November - 14.  

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

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

0976  T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies on November - 14.  

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  Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies on November - 14.  

1391  On November - 14 death of nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)  

1522  Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61 on November - 14.