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

1688  On May - 14 death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

1726  On May - 14 john B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies   

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

1754  Death of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) on May - 14.   

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

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on May - 14.   

1818  Death of Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775) on May - 14.   

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

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  Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on May - 14.   

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on May - 14.   

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  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1873  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

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

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

1889  Death of Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) on May - 14.   

1893  On this day in history earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83   

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

1906  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.