Famous Personalities Born In May - 14
Thursday, 04 December 2025
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 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14. 

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

1707 On May - 14 birth of antonio Teixeira, composer 

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

1725 On this day in history birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) 

1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14. 

1737 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on this day in history. 

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 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 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 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on May - 14. 

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 On this day in history birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) 

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 On May - 14 birth of kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) 

1870 On this day in history birth of zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer 

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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