What Happened In November 1814 - Historical Events 1814 November

Historical Events for November, 1814

1st » Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.
28th » 'The Times' in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the Germany e.g German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.

6th » Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
13th » Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)
22nd » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (d. 1893)
25th » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
27th » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville e.g Charles-François-Frédéric de Montholon-Sémonville, French diplomat (d. 1886)

1st » Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and politician, List of Ministers of Justice of Imperial Russia or Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1744)
18th » William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
23rd » Elbridge Gerry, American politician, 5th Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)