Famous Personalities Born In May - 14

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

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.   

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.   

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.   

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 May - 14.   

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

1707  On May - 14 birth of antonio Teixeira, composer   

1710  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on this day in history.   

1725  Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1798  On May - 14 birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian   

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  On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)   

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  On this day in history birth of james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1846  On this day in history 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 May - 14.   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.   

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