Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Friday, 09 June 2023
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)