It happened on July 14th

July 14, 1223 “In France, Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France.”– In 1698 “The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama.”On July 14, 1714 “Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet”

1769 “The de Portol Expedition establishes a base in California, and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).”

– 1771 Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junpero Serra.

– Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California

1789 French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners.
1791 “The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.”
1798 “Sedition Act prohibits “”false, scandalous & malicious”” writing against US govt”
July 14, 1798 “The first direct federal tax on the states-on dwellings, land & slaves”
“The Sedition Act becomes United States law making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.”
1825 The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society was founded at the University of Virginia.
1827 “The first Roman Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands by Fathers Abraham Armand and Alexis Bachelot of France and Patrick Short of the United Kingdom, members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It would be the foundation of the present-day Diocese of Honolulu.”
1832 Opium exempted from federal tariff duty
1845 “The first postmasters’ provisional stamps issued, NYC”
1850 The first public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration
1853 Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan
1853 Pres Franklin Pierce opens first industrial exposition (NY)
1865 “First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent.”
1865 The first ascent of Matterhorn
1868 “Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct”
July 14, 1881 “On a ranch near old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, the infamous Western outlaw known as “”Billy the Kid”” was shot to death by Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County”
July 14, 1902 “The Campanile in St Mark’s Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.”
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