Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  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)  

1701  William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.  

1707  Antonio Teixeira, composer was born on May - 14.  

1710  On May - 14 birth of adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)  

1725  Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) was born on this day in history.  

1727  On May - 14 birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized  

1737  On May - 14 birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)  

1752  Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) was born on May - 14.  

1752  Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.  

1771  On May - 14 birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist  

1781  On May - 14 birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian  

1798  On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian  

1805  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

1814  On May - 14 birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)  

1816  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on May - 14.  

1817  On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)  

1830  On May - 14 birth of george Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1832  Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903) was born on May - 14.  

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.  

1846  On this day in history birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)  

1846  Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on May - 14.  

1864  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on May - 14.  

1867  On May - 14 birth of kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)  

1870  Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)  

1878  On May - 14 birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)  

1880  On May - 14 birth of wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)  

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0347  On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies  

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies  

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.  

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

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  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