386 Historic Events for November 14
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| 1828 |
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James Birdseye MacPherson, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1864
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| 1829 |
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Giulio Roberti, composer
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| 1831 |
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Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
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| 1832 |
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1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12«› rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Sts
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| 1832 |
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Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95
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| 1832 |
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Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
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| 1833 |
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Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
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| 1833 |
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Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
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| 1834 |
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William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
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| 1838 |
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August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
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| 1840 |
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Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)
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| 1841 |
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Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin and Kincardine, British diplomat, dies
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| 1842 |
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Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41
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| 1842 |
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Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
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| 1844 |
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Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
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| 1845 |
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Johann Ernst Perabo, composer
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| 1845 |
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Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
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| 1851 |
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"Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
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| 1860 |
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Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58
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| 1861 |
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Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
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| 1863 |
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Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
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| 1863 |
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Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
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| 1863 |
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Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)
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| 1875 |
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Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
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| 1877 |
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Ren‚ de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)
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