Famous Birthdays In May - 14

1316  On May - 14 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 May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer  

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.  

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  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)  

1701  On this day in history birth of william Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)  

1707  On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer  

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1710  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1752  Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.  

1771  Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on this day in history.  

1781  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian  

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

1805  Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on May - 14.  

1814  On May - 14 birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)  

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

1817  Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on May - 14.  

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  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on May - 14.  

1846  Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on May - 14.  

1864  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies  

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.  

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.  

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