Historical Events In June - 14

1760  On this day in history candido Jose Ruano, composer  

1763  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer on this day in history.  

1769  Dominique Della-Maria, composer on this day in history.  

1775  On June - 14 the U.S. Army is founded.  

1775  On June - 14 uS Army founded  

1777  On this day in history continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag  

1777  The Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history capt William Blighs reaches Timor  

1789  On this day in history johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61  

1800  Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria on this day in history.  

1801  On June - 14 benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London  

1805  Robert Anderson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871 on this day in history.  

1807  On June - 14 emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.  

1811  Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin) on June - 14.  

1820  John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations) on this day in history.  

1821  Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom on this day in history.  

1821  On this day in history jozef Lies, Flemish painter  

1822  Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables" on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies  

1834  On June - 14 hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine  

1834  Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont on June - 14.  

1835  Nikolay Rubinstein, composer on June - 14.  

1836  On June - 14 thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1839  1st Henley Regatta held on June - 14.  

1841  On this day in history the first Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario  

1841  On June - 14 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario  

1844  Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist on this day in history.  

1846  California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma on this day in history.  

1846  U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaim the Republic of California on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history belgian Liberal Party forms  

1847  Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide on June - 14.  

1847  On this day in history robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner  

1850  Fire destroys part of SF on June - 14.  

1854  Frederik Rung, composer on this day in history.  

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1479  Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.  

1529  Ferdinand, archduke (Austria)/mayor (Bohemia) was born on this day in history.  

1657  Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral was born on June - 14.  

1691  Jan Francisci, composer was born on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]  

1736  On this day in history birth of charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)  

1760  Candido Jose Ruano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history birth of johannes Simon Mayr, composer  

1144  Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69 on June - 14.  

1161  Death of Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100) on this day in history.  

1349  On June - 14 gunther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44  

1381  On this day in history death of simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1497  On this day in history death of giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474)  

1544  On this day in history death of antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)  

1548  On this day in history death of carpentras, French composer  

1594  Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61 on June - 14.