Historical Events In November - 14

1844  On November - 14 flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41  

1845  Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket) on November - 14.  

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

1860  On November - 14 feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58  

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

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  Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) on November - 14.  

1875  Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.  

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

1879  On November - 14 geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer  

1880  On this day in history eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)  

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

1881  Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination on this day in history.  

1883  On November - 14 nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)  

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

1888  St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes on November - 14.  

1889  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)  

1892  James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912) on November - 14.  

1893  Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.  

1893  On November - 14 carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)  

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 this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation  

1896  Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61) on November - 14.  

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

1900  The birth of Aaron Copland, American composer on November - 14.  

1900  Clara Fasano, sculptor on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)  

1902  On November - 14 paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies  

1904  On November - 14 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer  

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

1567  On this day in history birth of maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)  

1601  Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1650  Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702) was born on this day in history.  

1663  On November - 14 birth of friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer  

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 November - 14.  

1740  Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

0563  On this day in history justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82  

0784  Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies on November - 14.  

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 November - 14.  

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

1391  Death of Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340) on November - 14.  

1522  Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61 on November - 14.