Famous Birthdays 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 this day in history.  

1553  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)  

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  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.  

1686  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]  

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  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 May - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on May - 14.  

1817  Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on May - 14.  

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 May - 14 birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)  

1846  Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on May - 14.  

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 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  On this day in history birth of wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)  

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0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies  

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

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies  

1470  On May - 14 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

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

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.  

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

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