Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.
1316 On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.
1652 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
1666 Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.
1679 On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1686 On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
1699 Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.
1701 On this day in history birth of william Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
1707 On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer
1710 On this day in history birth of adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
1725 Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) was born on May - 14.
1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14.
1737 On this day in history birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
1752 On this day in history birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
1752 Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on May - 14.
1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on this day in history.
1781 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian was born on May - 14.
1798 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on May - 14.
1805 On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1814 Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on May - 14.
1816 On this day in history birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer
1817 Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1830 George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on May - 14.
1832 On May - 14 birth of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
1836 James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.
1846 On May - 14 birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
1846 On this day in history birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
1864 On May - 14 birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer
1867 On May - 14 birth of kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
1870 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on this day in history.
1872 On this day in history birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
1878 On May - 14 birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.