Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.  

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

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.  

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

1666  On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)  

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.  

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.  

1701  On May - 14 birth of william Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)  

1707  Antonio Teixeira, composer was born on this day in history.  

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1710  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on this day in history.  

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

1727  On this day in history birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized  

1737  George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)  

1752  On this day in history birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)  

1771  Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian  

1798  On May - 14 birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian  

1805  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on May - 14.  

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 this day in history 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  On May - 14 birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)  

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

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 May - 14.  

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

1878  James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on May - 14.  

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  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.  

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

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.  

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.  

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 May - 14.  

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56