Famous Personalities Born In May - 14

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

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.   

1701  William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on May - 14.   

1707  On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer   

1710  On May - 14 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 May - 14 birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized   

1737  George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) was born on May - 14.   

1752  Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.   

1771  Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian   

1798  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on May - 14.   

1805  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on May - 14.   

1814  Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.   

1816  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on May - 14.   

1817  Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on May - 14.   

1830  George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on May - 14.   

1832  Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903) was born on May - 14.   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.   

1846  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on this day in history.   

1846  Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on May - 14.   

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

1880  Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.   

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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 this day in history.   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

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

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

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 this day in history.