Historical Events In August - 14
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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