May 14: Significance, Events, and How to Celebrate Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1727  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized   

1742  Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64   

1747  A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at inaugural battle of Cape Finisterre   

1760  French fleet arrives in the St. Lawrence from France, but retreats to the Bay of Chaleur when it learns of the fall of Quebec.   

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50.   

1767  British government disbands Americans import duty on tea.   

1771  Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist   

1781  Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian   

1787  Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution.   

1787  Delegates gather in Phila to draw up US constitution.   

1796  inaugural smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner.   

1796  1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner   

1798  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian.   

1800  Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth" premieres in Weimar   

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66   

1804  Lewis and Clark set out from St Louis for the Pacific Coast.   

1804  Lewis and Clark begin their expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory   

1804  The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory begins its ascent of the Missouri River May 14 seeking to determine whether the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean are linked by a river system.   

1804  Lewis and Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast.   

1805  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer.   

1811  Paraguay gains independence from Spain (National Day)   

1811  Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)   

1816  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer.   

1820  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43.   

1830  George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1832  Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" premieres.   

1832  John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88   

1835  Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile.   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1842  The inaugural edition of London Illustrated News   

1842  1st edition of London Illustrated News   

1845  Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens   

1846  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)   

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