Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
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 May - 14.
1553 On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
1652 On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
1666 On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1686 On May - 14 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 William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on May - 14.
1707 On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer
1710 On May - 14 birth of adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
1725 On this day in history birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 On May - 14 birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
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 May - 14.
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 Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on May - 14.
1805 On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1814 Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on this day in history.
1816 On May - 14 birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer
1817 On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
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 On May - 14 birth of james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1846 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on this day in history.
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 Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on May - 14.
1870 On this day in history birth of zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
1872 On this day in history birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
1878 On this day in history birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.