Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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

1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)  

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

1679  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)  

1701  William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on May - 14.  

1707  On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer  

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1710  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on May - 14.  

1725  On this day in history birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)  

1727  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)  

1752  On May - 14 birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)  

1771  Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on May - 14.  

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  On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer  

1814  Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.  

1816  On May - 14 birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer  

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 this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history birth of james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877  

1846  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on this day in history.  

1846  On May - 14 birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)  

1864  On this day in history birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer  

1867  On this day in history birth of kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)  

1870  On this day in history birth of zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer  

1872  Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.  

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

1880  On this day in history birth of wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)  

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0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.  

0649  On May - 14 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  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)  

1608  On May - 14 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