This day in History - January 14

395 Historic Events for January 14
1850 Birth Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer (Pˆcheur)
1850 Death Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
1851 Birth Th‚ophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer
1858 Event French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1861 Birth Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)
1861 Event Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands
1863 Birth Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator
1863 Event Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1864 Event General Sherman begins his march to the South
1864 Event Battle of Cosby Creek, TN
1868 Birth Catharina A M de Savornin Lohman, Dutch author (Belief)
1868 Event SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
1868 Event NC constitutional convention meets in Raleigh
1868 Death Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66
1871 Birth Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress (Hofslachter)
1873 Event P B S Pinchback elected to Senate
1873 Event "Celluloid" registered as a trademark
1874 Event I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
1874 Birth Thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit)
1875 Birth Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)
1878 Event US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
1878 Birth Victor A D S‚galen, [Max An‚ly], French writer
1882 Birth Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer (Story of America)
1886 Birth Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator (Dr Dolittle)
1887 Death Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83