Page 3: Historical Events In May - 14

1832  On this day in history john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on May - 14.   

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

1836  On May - 14 james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1842  On May - 14 the first edition of London Illustrated News   

1842  On this day in history 1st edition of London Illustrated News   

1845  Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens on May - 14.   

1846  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) on May - 14.   

1847  On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1853  On May - 14 gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk   

1861  The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain on May - 14.   

1862  On May - 14 adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph   

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

1863  On May - 14 battle of Jackson MS   

1863  Battle of Jackson, MS on May - 14.   

1863  On this day in history emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  Battle of Reseca GA -Atlanta- (2nd day) on May - 14.   

1864  On this day in history eleanor Everest Freer, composer   

1864  On May - 14 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 this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer   

1870  On this day in history ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1874  Harvard beats University of McGill (Montréal) in football, 3-0 on May - 14.   

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

1877  On this day in history john Roberts, composer, dies at 54   

1878  Vaseline is first sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) on this day in history.   

1878  Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) on May - 14.   

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 May - 14.   

1883  Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil) on May - 14.   

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

1884  Anti-Monopoly party forms in US on this day in history.   

1885  11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25 on this day in history.   

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1316  On May - 14 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 this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

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

0347  On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.   

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.   

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

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  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.