Historical Events In November - 14

1844  On this day in history flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41  

1845  On this day in history allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)  

1851  On this day in history "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published  

1860  Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1861  On November - 14 frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)  

1863  On this day in history bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee  

1863  Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)  

1875  On this day in history jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater  

1877  On this day in history rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)  

1879  On November - 14 geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer  

1880  Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) on this day in history.  

1881  On November - 14 charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination  

1881  On November - 14 charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination  

1883  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52) on this day in history.  

1887  Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer on November - 14.  

1888  On November - 14 st Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes  

1889  On November - 14 nY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip  

1889  On November - 14 new York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours  

1889  Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) on November - 14.  

1892  James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912) on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin  

1893  On this day in history carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)  

1894  On November - 14 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)  

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist  

1896  Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation on November - 14.  

1896  Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61) on this day in history.  

1897  John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas) on November - 14.  

1900  On November - 14 the birth of Aaron Copland, American composer  

1900  On this day in history clara Fasano, sculptor  

1901  Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family) on November - 14.  

1902  Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies on this day in history.  

1904  On this day in history alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer  

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1511  Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia) was born on this day in history.  

1567  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1601  On November - 14 birth of jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)  

1650  On this day in history birth of willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)  

1663  Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer was born on November - 14.  

1679  On this day in history birth of omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius  

1719  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer was born on November - 14.  

1740  Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792) was born on November - 14.  

0563  On November - 14 justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82  

0784  Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

0976  T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies on November - 14.  

1226  Death of Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193) on November - 14.  

1263  On November - 14 alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43  

1359  Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies on November - 14.  

1391  On this day in history death of nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)  

1522  On this day in history anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61