Historical Events In November - 14

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

1845  On November - 14 allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)  

1851  "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published on November - 14.  

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

1861  Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) on November - 14.  

1863  On November - 14 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  Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.  

1877  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn) on November - 14.  

1879  Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer on November - 14.  

1880  On November - 14 eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)  

1881  On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination  

1881  Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination on November - 14.  

1883  On this day in history nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)  

1887  On this day in history bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer  

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

1889  NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip on November - 14.  

1889  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 on November - 14.  

1889  Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) on this day in history.  

1892  On November - 14 james Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)  

1893  On November - 14 gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin  

1893  Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi) on November - 14.  

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on November - 14.  

1894  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)  

1894  Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist on November - 14.  

1896  Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation on this day in history.  

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

1897  On November - 14 john Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)  

1900  The birth of Aaron Copland, American composer on this day in history.  

1900  On this day in history clara Fasano, sculptor  

1901  Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family) on this day in history.  

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

1904  On November - 14 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer  

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1511  On November - 14 birth of janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)  

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 this day in history.  

1679  Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius was born on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer was born on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history birth of johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)  

0563  Justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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  Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1359  On November - 14 gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies  

1391  Death of Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340) on this day in history.  

1522  On November - 14 anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61