Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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 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  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.  

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  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.  

1701  On this day in history birth of william Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)  

1707  On May - 14 birth of antonio Teixeira, composer  

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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  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on this day in history.  

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 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  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on this day in history.  

1805  On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer  

1814  Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on May - 14.  

1816  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1817  Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on May - 14.  

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

1872  Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on May - 14.  

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

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies  

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)  

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.