Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  On this day in history 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 May - 14.   

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  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 14.   

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  On May - 14 birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized   

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 May - 14.   

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 May - 14 birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian   

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  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)   

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 this day in history.   

1836  James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on May - 14.   

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

1880  On May - 14 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  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.   

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

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.   

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

1608  On May - 14 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 May - 14.