Historical Events In August - 14

1840  Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist on this day in history.   

1842  Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma on this day in history.   

1842  Henry Duff Trail, journalist/author on August - 14.   

1844  On August - 14 henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies   

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

1848  Oregon Territory created on this day in history.   

1850  Earnest YY [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Kloris & Roses) on this day in history.   

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

1858  George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.   

1860  Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938) on August - 14.   

1861  On August - 14 79th NY troops mutinies   

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

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

1862  Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history first Kanakas arrive in Brisbane for employment on cotton plantation.   

1863  On August - 14 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  Edvard Armas Jornefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse) on August - 14.   

1870  On August - 14 david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies   

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

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

1875  Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl on August - 14.   

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

1876  On August - 14 alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

1878  Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else) on this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

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

1883  On August - 14 ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division)   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

0582  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.   

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.   

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.