Page 3: Historical Events In May - 14

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

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1836  On this day in history james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

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

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

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  On May - 14 fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1853  Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk on May - 14.   

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

1862  On May - 14 adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph   

1862  On May - 14 adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph   

1863  On this day in history battle of Jackson MS   

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  Battle of Reseca GA -Atlanta- (2nd day) on May - 14.   

1864  On May - 14 eleanor Everest Freer, composer   

1864  On this day in history 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  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on May - 14.   

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

1874  On this day in history 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0   

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on May - 14.   

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

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

1879  The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas on this day in history.   

1881  Ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82) on this day in history.   

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

1884  On this day in history anti-Monopoly party forms in the US   

1884  On this day in history anti-Monopoly party forms in US   

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

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.   

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.   

1652  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

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  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on May - 14.   

0347  On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

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

1610  On May - 14 death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56