Famous Personalities Born In May - 14
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
1316 On May - 14 birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)
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 Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on May - 14.
1701 William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on May - 14.
1707 Antonio Teixeira, composer was born on May - 14.
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 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 On May - 14 birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
1752 On May - 14 birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on May - 14.
1781 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian was born on May - 14.
1798 On May - 14 birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
1805 On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1814 On this day in history birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
1816 On this day in history birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer
1817 Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
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 May - 14.
1836 On May - 14 birth of james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1846 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on May - 14.
1846 Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer
1867 Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on this day in history.
1870 On May - 14 birth of zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
1872 Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on May - 14.
1878 On this day in history birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.