Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 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 On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1686 On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
1699 On this day in history 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 On May - 14 birth of antonio Teixeira, composer
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 May - 14.
1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14.
1737 On May - 14 birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
1752 On this day in history birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
1752 On May - 14 birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
1771 On May - 14 birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
1781 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian was born on May - 14.
1798 On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
1805 On this day in history birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1814 On May - 14 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 this day in history.
1836 On this day in history birth of james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
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 May - 14.
1872 On May - 14 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 May - 14.