Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.  

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.  

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.  

1652  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer  

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

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.  

1686  On this day in history birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]  

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.  

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

1707  On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer  

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

1725  On May - 14 birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)  

1727  On this day in history birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized  

1737  On this day in history birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)  

1752  Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) was born on May - 14.  

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

1798  On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian  

1805  On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer  

1814  Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.  

1816  On May - 14 birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer  

1817  On May - 14 birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)  

1830  George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on this day in history.  

1864  On May - 14 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 May - 14 birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)  

1880  Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.  

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

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.  

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.