Births on July 14

Sisavang Vong

Born on July 14, 1885

Sisavang Vong, Laotian king (d. 1959)

Sisavang Phoulivong (or Sisavangvong, Lao: ພຣະບາທສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕສີສວ່າງວົງສ໌) (14 July 1885 – 29 October 1959) was king of the Kingdom of Luang Prabang and later the Kingdom of Laos from 28 April 1904 until his death on 29 October 1959.

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24 Mar

Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass)
Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the Tonkin-Guangxi border.
24 Apr

Buffalo Bill's Wild West
American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
3 Jun

Big Bear
In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
6 Jul

Rabies
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
29 Aug

Internal combustion
Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Births on July 14

Sisavang Vong

Born on July 14, 1885

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Events on 1885

Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass)

Buffalo Bill's Wild West

Big Bear

Rabies

Internal combustion