Historical Events In August - 14

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

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

1846  Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance on this day in history.  

1848  On this day in history oregon Territory created  

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

1856  On this day in history william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies  

1858  On August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

1860  Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938) on this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history 79th NY troops mutinies  

1861  On August - 14 bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor  

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

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  Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 on August - 14.  

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

1867  The birth of John Galsworthy, English playwright and novelist on August - 14.  

1867  On this day in history john Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932)  

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on August - 14.  

1868  On this day in history leone Sinigaglia, composer  

1869  Edvard Armas Jornefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse) on this day in history.  

1870  On this day in history david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies  

1873  On this day in history "Forest and Stream" begins publishing  

1873  On this day in history "Field & Stream" begins publishing  

1875  Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl on this day in history.  

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  Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else) on August - 14.  

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

1880  Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)  

1882  On this day in history queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo  

1883  Ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division) on this day in history.  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.  

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)  

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.  

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

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.  

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.  

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.  

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.  

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49  

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