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Show THIS DATE IN HISTORY. NAY 14. 1G48 Death f Louis XIII of France; accession of Louis XIV aged 4 years; Anna of Austria, regent. re-gent. lMtt Birth of Fahrenheit, philosopher; died 178$. 1787 Convention met in Philadelphia to form constitution irnitad States. 1814 Peacs ot Paris raUfled by ths allies, Napoleon Napo-leon bsTins; renounced sovereignty of Franca, Allied armies entered July 6. 1880 Death of Henry O rattan, orator and statesman; states-man; born 1700. IS! Death of Sir William CongreTe, inventor ot war rockets; first used at Boulogne, Oct 8, kVW. Aged 48. I860 First Japanese embassy receired In Washington. Wash-ington. 1881 McC'lellsa and Fremont made major generals gener-als U. S. A. 1801 Adelina Pattl's first appearanos In Corent Garden, London. 1881 Death of Priaos Gortschakoff, Russian commander, com-mander, aged 00. 1870 Marquis of Ripon installed grand master ot English Freemasons; became a Romanist and was suooeeded by Prince ot Wales in 1875. |