Famous Deaths In May - 14

0347  On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

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

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

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

1643  Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1649  On this day in history death of friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)   

1669  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

1688  On May - 14 death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

1726  John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on this day in history.   

1742  Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1754  On May - 14 death of pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)   

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 on May - 14.   

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on May - 14.   

1818  On May - 14 death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)   

1820  On this day in history paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43   

1832  Death of John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried on May - 14.   

1833  On May - 14 johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88   

1847  Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on May - 14.   

1863  Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 on May - 14.   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1873  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history john Roberts, composer, dies at 54   

1878  On May - 14 death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)   

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)   

1893  On this day in history earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83   

1904  On this day in history richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on May - 14.   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.   

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)