Historical Events In August - 14

1840  Baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist on August - 14.  

1842  On August - 14 seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma  

1842  On August - 14 henry Duff Trail, journalist/author  

1844  Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on this day in history.  

1846  On August - 14 henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance  

1848  Oregon Territory created on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history earnest YY [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Kloris & Roses)  

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

1858  On this day in history george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

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

1861  On August - 14 79th NY troops mutinies  

1861  Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor on August - 14.  

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

1862  Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president on August - 14.  

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  -16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia on August - 14.  

1867  On August - 14 the birth of John Galsworthy, English playwright and novelist  

1867  John Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932) on this day in history.  

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

1868  On this day in history leone Sinigaglia, composer  

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

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

1873  On August - 14 "Forest and Stream" begins publishing  

1873  "Field & Stream" begins publishing on August - 14.  

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

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

1880  Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed on August - 14.  

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

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

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 August - 14.  

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

1599  On this day in history 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  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

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

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 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 August - 14.