Historical Events In November - 14

1844  On November - 14 flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41   

1845  On November - 14 allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)   

1851  "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published on this day in history.   

1860  On November - 14 feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58   

1861  On this day in history frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)   

1863  On November - 14 bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee   

1863  Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi on November - 14.   

1863  On November - 14 leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)   

1875  Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.   

1877  René de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn) on November - 14.   

1879  On November - 14 geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer   

1880  Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) on November - 14.   

1881  Charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination on this day in history.   

1881  On November - 14 charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination   

1883  Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52) on November - 14.   

1887  Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer on November - 14.   

1888  St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes on November - 14.   

1889  NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip on this day in history.   

1889  On November - 14 new York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours   

1889  On this day in history jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)   

1892  On November - 14 james Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)   

1893  Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1893  On November - 14 carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)   

1894  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)   

1894  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)   

1894  Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist on November - 14.   

1896  Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation on this day in history.   

1896  Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61) on this day in history.   

1897  On November - 14 john Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)   

1900  The birth of Aaron Copland, American composer on November - 14.   

1900  On November - 14 clara Fasano, sculptor   

1901  On this day in history morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)   

1902  On this day in history paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies   

1904  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer on November - 14.   

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1511  On this day in history birth of janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)   

1567  On November - 14 birth of maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)   

1601  Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history birth of willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)   

1663  On November - 14 birth of friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer   

1679  Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius was born on this day in history.   

1719  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)   

0563  Justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

0784  On November - 14 alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

0976  On November - 14 t'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies   

1226  Death of Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193) on November - 14.   

1263  On November - 14 alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43   

1359  Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies on November - 14.   

1391  On November - 14 death of nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)   

1522  On November - 14 anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61