400 Historic Events for October 14
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| 1734 |
Birth |
Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer/signer (Decl of Independence)
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| 1738 |
Birth |
Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer
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| 1740 |
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Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05)
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| 1745 |
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French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
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| 1746 |
Death |
Fran‡ois Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86
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| 1753 |
Birth |
Franz Anton Dimmler, composer
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| 1758 |
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Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia
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| 1764 |
Birth |
Charles-Henri Plantade, composer
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| 1771 |
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Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39
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| 1774 |
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1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart
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| 1774 |
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1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)
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| 1774 |
Birth |
Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician
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| 1775 |
Death |
Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57
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| 1784 |
Birth |
Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain
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| 1789 |
Birth |
Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder
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| 1790 |
Death |
William Hooper, US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
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| 1796 |
Birth |
Adolf Ganz, composer
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| 1801 |
Birth |
Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
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| 1806 |
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Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
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| 1827 |
Birth |
James Sidney Robinson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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| 1827 |
Birth |
William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Min of Finance
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| 1834 |
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1st black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
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| 1834 |
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George Eastman patented paper-strip photographic film
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| 1837 |
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Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908
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| 1843 |
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British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy
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