14 November in history

5 events that happened on 14 November, from 565 to 1969.

  1. 565 CE 1,461 years ago

    Emperor Justinian I dies

    Justinian died in Constantinople after a 38-year reign. He reconquered North Africa and Italy, codified Roman law in the Corpus Juris Civilis and built the Hagia Sophia.

    Byzantine EmpireCorpus Juris CivilisHagia SophiaJustinian I

  2. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    1851 CE 175 years ago

    Moby-Dick is published in New York

    Harper and Brothers published Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, a month after its London edition. Poorly received at first, the tale of Captain Ahab's pursuit of the white whale is now a classic of American literature.

    New YorkLondon

  3. 1889 CE 137 years ago

    Nellie Bly sets out to beat Phileas Fogg's 80 days

    New York World reporter Nellie Bly left Hoboken to travel around the world faster than Jules Verne's fictional hero. She returned in just over 72 days, a world record at the time.

    New York

  4. 1940 CE 86 years ago

    The Luftwaffe devastates Coventry

    Some 500 German bombers attacked Coventry overnight, killing about 570 people and destroying the medieval cathedral. It was one of the heaviest raids of the Blitz.

  5. 1969 CE 57 years ago

    Apollo 12 launches for the Moon

    Apollo 12 survived two lightning strikes during launch from Cape Kennedy. Five days later Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed precisely beside the Surveyor 3 probe in the Ocean of Storms.

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