Historical Events In June - 14

1760  Candido Jose Ruano, composer on this day in history.   

1763  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer on this day in history.   

1769  Dominique Della-Maria, composer on this day in history.   

1775  The U.S. Army is founded on this day in history.   

1775  US Army founded on this day in history.   

1777  On June - 14 continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag   

1777  On this day in history the Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, adopts the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.   

1789  Capt William Blighs reaches Timor on June - 14.   

1789  On June - 14 johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61   

1800  On this day in history battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria   

1801  Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London on this day in history.   

1805  Robert Anderson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871 on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history emperor Napoleon I's French Grande Armee defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.   

1811  On June - 14 harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

1820  John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations) on June - 14.   

1821  On June - 14 badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.   

1821  Jozef Lies, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1822  Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables" on June - 14.   

1828  Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies on June - 14.   

1834  On June - 14 hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine   

1834  On June - 14 sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont   

1835  Nikolay Rubinstein, composer on June - 14.   

1836  On June - 14 thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1839  1st Henley Regatta held on this day in history.   

1841  On June - 14 the first Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario   

1841  On June - 14 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario   

1844  Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist on this day in history.   

1846  On June - 14 california (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma   

1846  U.S. settlers in Sonoma proclaim the Republic of California on June - 14.   

1846  On this day in history belgian Liberal Party forms   

1847  On this day in history bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide   

1847  Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner on this day in history.   

1850  Fire destroys part of SF on June - 14.   

1854  On this day in history frederik Rung, composer   

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1479  Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552) was born on this day in history.   

1529  On June - 14 birth of ferdinand, archduke (Austria)/mayor (Bohemia)   

1657  On this day in history birth of cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral   

1691  On June - 14 birth of jan Francisci, composer   

1730  On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]   

1736  Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law) was born on June - 14.   

1760  On this day in history birth of candido Jose Ruano, composer   

1763  Johannes Simon Mayr, composer was born on June - 14.   

1144  Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1161  Death of Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100) on this day in history.   

1349  Gunther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44 on June - 14.   

1381  On this day in history death of simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1497  Death of Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (b. 1474) on this day in history.   

1544  Death of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1548  Death of Carpentras, French composer on June - 14.   

1594  On this day in history orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61