Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)  

1316  On May - 14 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  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.  

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.  

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

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.  

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)  

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

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 May - 14.  

1737  George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 14.  

1781  On May - 14 birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian  

1798  On May - 14 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  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  On this day in history birth of george Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1832  On May - 14 birth of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history 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  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on May - 14.  

0649  On May - 14 theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies  

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.  

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

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies  

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on May - 14.  

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)  

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.