Historical Events In August - 14

1840  On August - 14 baron Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing, psychiatrist   

1842  On August - 14 seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma   

1842  On this day in history henry Duff Trail, journalist/author   

1844  On this day in history henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies   

1846  On August - 14 henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance   

1848  On August - 14 oregon Territory created   

1850  On August - 14 earnest YY [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Kloris & Roses)   

1856  William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history george Combe, phrenologist, dies   

1860  Ernest T Seton, naturalist/painter/author (Buffalo Wind-1938) on August - 14.   

1861  On this day in history 79th NY troops mutinies   

1861  On this day in history bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor   

1862  On this day in history lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with US president   

1862  On this day in history lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president   

1863  On this day in history first Kanakas arrive in Brisbane for employment on cotton plantation.   

1863  On this day in history colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70   

1864  On this day in history -16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia   

1867  The birth of John Galsworthy, English playwright and novelist on August - 14.   

1867  John Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932) on August - 14.   

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history leone Sinigaglia, composer   

1869  On this day in history edvard Armas Jornefelt, Vyborg Finland, composer (Berceuse)   

1870  David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies on this day in history.   

1873  "Forest and Stream" begins publishing on August - 14.   

1873  On August - 14 "Field & Stream" begins publishing   

1875  On August - 14 society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl   

1876  On August - 14 prairie View State University forms   

1876  On this day in history alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

1878  On this day in history harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else)   

1880  On this day in history australia's first soccer club, The Wanderers, plays its first match, against Kings School, Parramatta, NSW.   

1880  On this day in history construction of Cologne Cathedral completed   

1880  Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) on August - 14.   

1882  On August - 14 queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo   

1883  On August - 14 ernest E Just, biologist (pioneered cell division)   

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60