Page 3: Historical Events In November - 14

1844  Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1845  Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket) on this day in history.   

1851  On November - 14 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published   

1860  Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1861  Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) on November - 14.   

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

1863  Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi on November - 14.   

1863  Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite) on November - 14.   

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

1877  On November - 14 rené de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)   

1879  Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)   

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

1881  On this day in history charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination   

1883  On November - 14 nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)   

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

1888  On this day in history st Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes   

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

1889  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 on this day in history.   

1889  On November - 14 jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)   

1892  James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin   

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

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on November - 14.   

1894  Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG) on November - 14.   

1894  On this day in history harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist   

1896  Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation on November - 14.   

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

1897  John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas) on November - 14.   

1900  On November - 14 the birth of Aaron Copland, American composer   

1900  Clara Fasano, sculptor on November - 14.   

1901  Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family) on November - 14.   

1902  Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies on November - 14.   

1904  Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer on this day in history.   

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

1567  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)   

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

1663  On this day in history birth of friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer   

1679  Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius was born on November - 14.   

1719  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer was born on November - 14.   

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

0563  On November - 14 justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82   

0784  On this day in history alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

0976  T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies on this day in history.   

1226  Death of Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193) on this day in history.   

1263  On this day in history alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43   

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

1391  Death of Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340) on this day in history.   

1522  Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61 on this day in history.