Famous Personalities Born In May - 14
Friday, 19 December 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 On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) 

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

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 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 William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on May - 14. 

1707 Antonio Teixeira, composer was born on May - 14. 

1710 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized 

1737 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on May - 14. 

1752 On this day in history birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) 

1752 Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on May - 14. 

1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on this day in history. 

1781 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian was born on this day in history. 

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

1805 On this day in history birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer 

1814 Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on May - 14. 

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 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 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 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 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on May - 14. 

1872 Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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