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November 14

November 14 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1680 and 2012. German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on November 14?

November 14 is the 318th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1680 and 2012. Famous people born on November 14 include Claude Monet, Jawaharlal Nehru and Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

The shape of the day

175 years on from Moby-Dick, November 14 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Scorpio is the sign for November 14 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on November 14

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

2024

  • Game Mindcop
  • Game LEGO Horizon Adventures
  • Game Sorry We're Closed

2023

  • Game Backpack Hero
  • Game Coral Island

2021

  • TV Mayor of Kingstown
  • TV Yellowjackets

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1680

    Gottfried Kirch

    German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.

  2. 1851

    Moby-Dick

    Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.

  3. 1940

    World War II

    World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.

  4. 1960

    Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.

  5. 1967

    Theodore Maiman

    American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.

  6. 1970

    Southern Airways Flight 932

    Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.

  7. 1978

    France

    France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests.

  8. 1982

    Lech Wałęsa

    Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

  9. 1992

    Cyclone Forrest

    In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.

  10. 2012

    Israel

    Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 14

Claude Monet

b. 1840

French painter

Jawaharlal Nehru

b. 1889

Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

b. 1922

Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations

Charles Lyell

b. 1797

Scottish geologist

Samuel Umtiti

b. 1993

French footballer

Park Chung Hee

b. 1917

South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea

Maria Cristina of Savoy

b. 1812

Queen of the Two Sicilies from 1832 to 1836

Josh Duhamel

b. 1972

American model and actor

Deaths

  • 1997Eddie Arcaro
  • 1831Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • 1716Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  • 1391Nicholas Tavelic
  • 976Emperor Taizu of Song
  • 565Justinian I

Holidays & observances

  • —Anniversary of the Movement of Readjustment (Guinea-Bissau)
  • —Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru (previously on November 20). (India)
  • —Christian feast day: Alberic of Utrecht
  • —Christian feast day: All Saints of the Carmelites
  • —Christian feast day: All Souls of the Benedictine family
  • —Christian feast day: Barlaam of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Dubricius (Dyfrig, or Devereux)
  • —Christian feast day: Hypatius of Gangra

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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