Page 3: Historical Events In May - 14

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

1833  On May - 14 johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88   

1835  Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile on this day in history.   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1842  The first edition of London Illustrated News on May - 14.   

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

1845  On May - 14 utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens   

1846  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 14 adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph   

1862  On May - 14 adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph   

1863  On May - 14 battle of Jackson MS   

1863  On this day in history battle of Jackson, MS   

1863  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

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

1864  On May - 14 eleanor Everest Freer, composer   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1867  On May - 14 kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)   

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 May - 14 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1874  Harvard beats University of McGill (Montréal) in football, 3-0 on this day in history.   

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

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 14 the first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1666  On May - 14 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 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 this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

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

1565  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

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