Historical Events In November - 14

1844  On this day in history 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 November - 14.   

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

1861  Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) on this day in history.   

1863  Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee on November - 14.   

1863  On November - 14 skirmish at Danville, Mississippi   

1863  On November - 14 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)   

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

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

1879  Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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 November - 14 bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer   

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

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

1889  On this day in history 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 November - 14 jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)   

1892  On this day in history james Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)   

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

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

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

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

1894  On November - 14 harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist   

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

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

1904  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer on this day in history.   

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1511  Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia) was born on November - 14.   

1567  On November - 14 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  On November - 14 birth of willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)   

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

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

0784  On this day in history alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

0976  On November - 14 t'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies   

1226  On this day in history death of frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)   

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  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