Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)  

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.  

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer  

1666  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)  

1679  On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer  

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1798  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on May - 14.  

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

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

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

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

1830  George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 14.  

1846  On this day in history 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 May - 14 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  On May - 14 birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)  

1878  On this day in history 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 May - 14.  

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  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.  

1565  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies  

1574  On May - 14 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  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56