Page 3: Historical Events In May - 14

1832  On May - 14 john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1835  Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile on May - 14.   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 on May - 14.   

1842  On this day in history the first edition of London Illustrated News   

1842  On May - 14 1st edition of London Illustrated News   

1845  On this day in history utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens   

1846  On May - 14 arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)   

1847  On May - 14 fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1853  Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk on May - 14.   

1861  The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain on this day in history.   

1862  Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph on May - 14.   

1862  On this day in history adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph   

1863  On this day in history battle of Jackson MS   

1863  On this day in history battle of Jackson, MS   

1863  Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Reseca GA -Atlanta- (2nd day) on this day in history.   

1864  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer on May - 14.   

1864  On this day in history william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) on May - 14.   

1868  Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō on May - 14.   

1870  On May - 14 zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history harvard beats University of McGill (Montréal) in football, 3-0   

1874  On this day in history 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0   

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on May - 14.   

1878  Vaseline is first sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) on May - 14.   

1878  On May - 14 vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)   

1879  The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas on this day in history.   

1881  Ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)   

1884  On May - 14 anti-Monopoly party forms in the US   

1884  Anti-Monopoly party forms in US on May - 14.   

1885  11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25 on May - 14.   

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1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.   

1686  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.   

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.   

1610  On May - 14 death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56