Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

1470  On May - 14 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

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

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on May - 14.   

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.   

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56   

1643  Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1649  Death of Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600) on this day in history.   

1669  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on May - 14.   

1688  On May - 14 death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

1726  On May - 14 john B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies   

1742  Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1754  Death of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) on this day in history.   

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1818  On May - 14 death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)   

1820  On this day in history paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43   

1832  Death of John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried on this day in history.   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on May - 14.   

1847  Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on May - 14.   

1860  On May - 14 death of ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)   

1863  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1870  On May - 14 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1873  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on May - 14.   

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on May - 14.   

1878  Death of Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) on May - 14.   

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)   

1893  On this day in history earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83   

1904  Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 on May - 14.   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on May - 14.   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.   

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

1553  On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

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

1666  On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)