Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.  

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)  

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)  

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.  

1691  On this day in history death of richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)  

1704  Death of Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675) on August - 14.  

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1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76  

1774  Death of Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716) on August - 14.  

1778  On this day in history augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies  

1784  On this day in history death of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)  

1785  On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies  

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.  

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on this day in history.  

1833  On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies  

1834  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1844  Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on this day in history.  

1856  On August - 14 william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies  

1858  On August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

1860  On this day in history death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)  

1863  Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 on August - 14.  

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1870  On August - 14 david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies  

1874  Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on August - 14.  

1884  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1887  Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on August - 14.  

1891  Johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies on August - 14.  

1905  Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies on August - 14.  

1922  On August - 14 alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies  

1923  Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 on August - 14.  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)  

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.  

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)  

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)