Famous Personalities Born 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 May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

1701  William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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

1710  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on May - 14.   

1725  Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) was born on May - 14.   

1727  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on this day in history.   

1737  George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on May - 14.   

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  On this day in history birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 May - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)   

1846  On this day in history birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)   

1864  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on May - 14.   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on this day in history.   

1870  Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1878  On May - 14 birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)   

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

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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 May - 14.   

0964  On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

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