Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

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

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on August - 14.   

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.   

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1691  On August - 14 death of richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)   

1704  Death of Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675) on August - 14.   

1727  On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

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

1774  Death of Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716) on August - 14.   

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on August - 14.   

1784  Death of Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) on August - 14.   

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies   

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1834  On August - 14 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

1844  Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on this day in history.   

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

1858  On this day in history george Combe, phrenologist, dies   

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

1863  On this day in history colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70   

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on August - 14.   

1870  David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies on August - 14.   

1874  Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46   

1887  Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on August - 14.   

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

1905  On August - 14 mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies   

1922  Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies on this day in history.   

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

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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