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 this day in history.  

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

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on May - 14.  

1666  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)  

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

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 14.  

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

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1710  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1737  On May - 14 birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)  

1752  Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1816  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1830  On this day in history birth of george Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

1832  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 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  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  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  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies  

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

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies  

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.  

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

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56