Historical Events In May - 14

1832  On May - 14 john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried   

1833  On May - 14 johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88   

1835  Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile on this day in history.   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history the first edition of London Illustrated News   

1842  On this day in history 1st edition of London Illustrated News   

1845  On this day in history utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens   

1846  On this day in history arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)   

1847  Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on May - 14.   

1853  On May - 14 gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk   

1861  On this day in history the Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.   

1862  Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph on May - 14.   

1862  On May - 14 adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph   

1863  Battle of Jackson MS on May - 14.   

1863  On this day in history battle of Jackson, MS   

1863  On this day in history emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  On May - 14 battle of Reseca GA -Atlanta- (2nd day)   

1864  On this day in history eleanor Everest Freer, composer   

1864  On May - 14 william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) on this day in history.   

1868  On May - 14 japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.   

1870  On this day in history zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer   

1870  On May - 14 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1874  Harvard beats University of McGill (Montréal) in football, 3-0 on this day in history.   

1874  On May - 14 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0   

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history vaseline is first sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)   

1878  Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) on May - 14.   

1879  On May - 14 the first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.   

1881  On May - 14 ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)   

1883  On May - 14 jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)   

1884  On May - 14 anti-Monopoly party forms in the US   

1884  On May - 14 anti-Monopoly party forms in US   

1885  11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37.25 on this day in history.   

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1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on May - 14.   

1666  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  On May - 14 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.