Historical Events In August - 14
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
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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