Page 3: Historical Events In August - 14
Thursday, 04 December 2025
1840 On August - 14 baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist 

1842 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma on August - 14. 

1842 On this day in history henry Duff Trail, journalist/author 

1844 On this day in history henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies 

1846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance on August - 14. 

1848 On August - 14 oregon Territory created 

1850 On August - 14 earnest YY [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Kloris & Roses) 

1856 William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history. 

1858 On August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies 

1860 On August - 14 ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938) 

1861 On this day in history 79th NY troops mutinies 

1861 On this day in history bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor 

1862 Lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with US president on this day in history. 

1862 On August - 14 lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president 

1863 First Kanakas arrive in Brisbane for employment on cotton plantation on August - 14. 

1863 On this day in history colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 

1864 On August - 14 -16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia 

1867 On this day in history the birth of John Galsworthy, English playwright and novelist 

1867 On August - 14 john Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932) 

1867 Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1868 On August - 14 leone Sinigaglia, composer 

1869 On this day in history edvard Armas Jornefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse) 

1870 David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies on August - 14. 

1873 "Forest and Stream" begins publishing on August - 14. 

1873 On August - 14 "Field & Stream" begins publishing 

1875 On August - 14 society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl 

1876 Prairie View State University forms on this day in history. 

1876 Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34) on August - 14. 

1878 On August - 14 harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else) 

1880 Australia's first soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its first match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW on August - 14. 

1880 On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed 

1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) on this day in history. 

1882 Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo on August - 14. 

1883 Ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division) on August - 14. 

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