Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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.  

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0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on May - 14.  

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.  

0964  On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies  

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.  

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies  

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on May - 14.  

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.