Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1204  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)  

1390  On this day in history 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  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.  

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49  

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1691  Death of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630) on August - 14.  

1704  On this day in history death of roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)  

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1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.  

1763  On August - 14 giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76  

1774  On August - 14 death of johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)  

1778  On August - 14 augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies  

1784  Death of Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on this day in history.  

1788  On August - 14 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

1794  On this day in history george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies  

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.  

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

1844  On this day in history henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies  

1856  On this day in history william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies  

1858  On this day in history george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

1860  Death of André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774) on this day in history.  

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

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on August - 14.  

1870  On this day in history david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies  

1874  On this day in history death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)  

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

1887  On this day in history richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies  

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

1905  On this day in history mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies  

1922  On this day in history 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 August - 14.  

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

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  

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

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)  

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.  

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.  

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)