Famous Deaths In May - 14

0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies  

0649  On May - 14 theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies  

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.  

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

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

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)  

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

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.  

1643  Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on May - 14.  

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

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

1688  Death of Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) on this day in history.  

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

1742  On May - 14 dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64  

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

1761  On May - 14 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50  

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

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

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 May - 14.  

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

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

1870  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 14 death of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 14.  

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.  

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  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.  

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

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.  

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