386 Historic Events for November 14
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| 1732 |
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1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila
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| 1734 |
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Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
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| 1755 |
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Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State
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| 1765 |
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Robert Fulton, built 1st coml steamboat (or 0819)
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| 1774 |
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Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
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| 1775 |
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-15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces
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| 1776 |
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Henri Dutrochet, discovered and named process of osmosis
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| 1778 |
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
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| 1779 |
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschl„ger, Denmark, poet (Natl Poet 1849)
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| 1780 |
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Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
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| 1792 |
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Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay
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| 1794 |
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Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/"Dutch Newton", dies at 30
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| 1796 |
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Carlo Conti, composer
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| 1797 |
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Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
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| 1800 |
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Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
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| 1802 |
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August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
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| 1804 |
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Agatha "Aagje" Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
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| 1805 |
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Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer
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| 1814 |
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Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
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| 1816 |
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John Curwen, composer
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| 1822 |
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William Harrow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
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| 1823 |
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Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
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| 1825 |
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Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
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| 1825 |
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August Reissmann, composer
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| 1827 |
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Isaac Wistar, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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