Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

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  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

1701  On May - 14 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 this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized   

1737  On May - 14 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  On May - 14 birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)   

1771  On this day in history birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist   

1781  On May - 14 birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian   

1798  On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian   

1805  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer   

1814  Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on May - 14.   

1816  On May - 14 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 14.   

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  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on May - 14.   

1870  On this day in history birth of zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer   

1872  On this day in history birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)   

1878  James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on May - 14.   

1880  On this day in history birth of wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)   

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0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

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

1610  On May - 14 death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56