On This Day in History for November 14
Events in History
- 1380 King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
- 1524 Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
- 1550 Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
- 1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
- 1675 Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
- 1680 Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet)
- 1698 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
- 1732 First professional librarian in north America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
- More Events in History
William III
Robert Fulton
Claude Monet
Leo Baekeland
Frederick Banting
Charles IIIWeddings in History
- 1532 King Henry VIII of England secretly marries Anne Boleyn (officially married January 25, 1533)
- 1677 Prince William of Orange (27) marries English princess Mary Stuart (15)
- 1855 Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart (22) weds Flora Cooke in Fort Riley, Kansas
More Weddings in History
Taizu
Alexander Nevsky
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Booker T. Washington
Pieter MentenNovember in History
Nell Gwyn, the Temptress Who Enchanted a King
Nell Gwyn, who was brought up in a bawdy-house in London, caught the eye of King Charles II and became one of England’s most famous royal mistresses.
November 14, 1687
Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstration
Millions marched against the Vietnam War outside the White House
November 15, 1969
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States of America
November 15, 1777
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
A village in Alaska was almost wiped out on this day as the 1918 flu pandemic took its toll. Are there lessons for the world combatting the Coronavirus in 2020?
November 15, 1918