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

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.  

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

1608  On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)  

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

1643  On this day in history louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41  

1649  Death of Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600) on May - 14.  

1669  On this day in history death of georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)  

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

1726  John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on May - 14.  

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  On this day in history thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50  

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

1818  On this day in history death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)  

1820  On May - 14 paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43  

1832  On this day in history death of john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried  

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 May - 14.  

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

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  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1877  On May - 14 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 this day in history.  

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

1893  Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 on May - 14.  

1904  On May - 14 richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78  

1906  On May - 14 death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

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1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)  

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 this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer  

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

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.  

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)