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 this day in history.  

1553  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)  

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

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  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  On May - 14 birth of william Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)  

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

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

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  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 May - 14.  

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

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

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 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  Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903) was born on May - 14.  

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 May - 14.  

1846  On this day in history birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)  

1864  On May - 14 birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer  

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on May - 14.  

1870  Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on May - 14.  

1872  On May - 14 birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)  

1878  James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on May - 14.  

1880  On May - 14 birth of wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)  

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0347  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.