408 Historic Events for May 14
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| 1707 |
Birth |
Antonio Teixeira, composer
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| 1710 |
Birth |
Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
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| 1726 |
Death |
John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
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| 1726 |
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Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
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| 1727 |
Birth |
Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
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| 1742 |
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Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
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| 1761 |
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Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
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| 1767 |
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British government disbands Americans import duty on tea
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| 1771 |
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Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
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| 1780 |
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Auguste De Polignac, premier France (R‚ponse … mes adversaires)
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| 1781 |
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Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian
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| 1787 |
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Delegates gather in Phila to draw up US constitution
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| 1796 |
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1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner
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| 1798 |
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Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
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| 1800 |
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Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth," premieres in Weimar
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| 1801 |
Death |
Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
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| 1804 |
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Lewis and Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
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| 1805 |
Birth |
Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
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| 1811 |
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Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
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| 1816 |
Birth |
Gualtiero Sanelli, composer
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| 1820 |
Death |
Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43
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| 1830 |
Birth |
George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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| 1832 |
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Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres
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| 1832 |
Death |
John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
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| 1833 |
Death |
Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88
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