Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

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

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

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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 May - 14.   

1847  On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

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

1863  On this day in history emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  On this day in history william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

1870  On this day in history ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

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

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 14.   

1904  Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on May - 14.   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  On May - 14 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)