Famous Deaths In May - 14

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on May - 14.   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

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

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   

1643  On May - 14 louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41   

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

1669  On May - 14 death of georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)   

1688  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 death of pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)   

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

1801  On May - 14 johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66   

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

1820  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 on May - 14.   

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

1833  On May - 14 johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88   

1847  On May - 14 fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1863  Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 on May - 14.   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on May - 14.   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on May - 14.   

1873  On May - 14 death of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)   

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

1878  On this day in history death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)   

1887  On this day in history death of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)   

1889  Death of Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

1893  On May - 14 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  On May - 14 death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.   

1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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)