Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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

1316  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

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

1707  On May - 14 birth of antonio Teixeira, composer   

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

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

1727  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14.   

1737  On this day in history birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)   

1752  On May - 14 birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)   

1752  Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on May - 14.   

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

1781  Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian was born on this day in history.   

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

1805  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer   

1814  On this day in history birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)   

1816  On May - 14 birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer   

1817  On May - 14 birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)   

1830  George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on May - 14.   

1832  On this day in history birth of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on May - 14.   

1846  On May - 14 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 this day in history.   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on May - 14.   

1870  Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on May - 14.   

1872  On May - 14 birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)   

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

1880  Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.   

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0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.   

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

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

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