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 May - 14.  

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.  

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.  

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  

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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 May - 14.  

1727  Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on this day in history.  

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

1752  On May - 14 birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)  

1752  Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.  

1771  On May - 14 birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist  

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

1798  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on this day in history.  

1805  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 14.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1864  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1878  James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.  

1880  Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.  

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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 May - 14.  

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.  

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.  

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)  

1608  On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)  

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