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  On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

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

1610  On May - 14 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  On this day in history death of friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)   

1669  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

1688  Death of Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) on May - 14.   

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 May - 14.   

1754  On this day in history death of pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)   

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 on May - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1864  On May - 14 william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

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

1873  On this day in history death of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)   

1877  On this day in history john Roberts, composer, dies at 54   

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

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on May - 14.   

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

1893  Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78   

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

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1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on May - 14.