Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Sunday, 03 December 2023
1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.
1316 On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.
1652 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
1666 On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
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 this day in history.
1710 On May - 14 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 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 On this day in history birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
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 On this day in history 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 May - 14.
1817 Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1846 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 May - 14.
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.