Historical Events In August - 14
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1740 Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23) on August - 14.
1742 Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris) on this day in history.
1743 Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War on this day in history.
1756 French capture Fort Oswego, NY on this day in history.
1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed on this day in history.
1758 On this day in history carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer
1762 English fleet occupies Havana on August - 14.
1763 Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1765 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) on August - 14.
1769 On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer
1777 On August - 14 hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law)
1778 On August - 14 augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
1782 Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies on August - 14.
1784 On August - 14 first Russian colony in Alaska is founded on Kodiak Island.
1784 Francesco Capaccini, Italian cardinal/diplomat on this day in history.
1785 On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies
1788 On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies
1790 On August - 14 sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela
1794 On August - 14 george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies
1802 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet (Heath's Book of Beauty) on this day in history.
1810 Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer on August - 14.
1813 On this day in history british warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus
1813 British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus on August - 14.
1814 Henry Hayes Lockwood, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 on August - 14.
1816 On August - 14 great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha
1820 On this day in history 1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC
1821 Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.
1823 On August - 14 karel Miry, composer
1824 On this day in history general Lafayette returns to US
1824 On August - 14 william Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1825 On August - 14 dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out
1833 On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies
1834 On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63
1836 Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen) on August - 14.
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