Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

1204  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.   

1691  On this day in history death of richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)   

1704  On this day in history death of roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)   

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1774  On August - 14 death of johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)   

1778  On August - 14 augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies   

1784  Death of Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on August - 14.   

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on August - 14.   

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on August - 14.   

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on August - 14.   

1834  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

1844  Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on August - 14.   

1856  William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1858  George Combe, phrenologist, dies on August - 14.   

1860  On August - 14 death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)   

1863  Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1870  On August - 14 david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies   

1874  On this day in history death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)   

1884  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies   

1891  On August - 14 johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies   

1905  On this day in history mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies   

1922  On this day in history alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies   

1923  Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.