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 this day in history.  

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

1860  Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58 on November - 14.  

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 November - 14.  

1863  On November - 14 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  Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) on November - 14.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1893  Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin on November - 14.  

1893  On November - 14 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 this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)  

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

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

1896  On this day in history mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)  

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

1900  On this day in history the birth of Aaron Copland, American composer  

1900  On November - 14 clara Fasano, sculptor  

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

1902  Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies on November - 14.  

1904  On November - 14 alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer  

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

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

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 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  On November - 14 alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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