Famous Personalities Born In May - 14
Sunday, 22 December 2024
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 Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.
1666 Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.
1679 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.
1686 On this day in history birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
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 Antonio Teixeira, composer was born on this day in history.
1710 Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on May - 14.
1725 On this day in history birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
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 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 On May - 14 birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
1781 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian was born on this day in history.
1798 On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
1805 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on this day in history.
1814 On May - 14 birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
1816 On this day in history birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer
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 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 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on this day in history.
1846 On May - 14 birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
1864 On May - 14 birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer
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 May - 14.
1872 On this day in history birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
1878 On this day in history birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.