Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

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

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

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on August - 14.  

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76  

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)  

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

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60  

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 this day in history.  

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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 this day in history 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 August - 14.  

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

1788  On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies  

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

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies  

1834  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63  

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 August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

1860  On August - 14 death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)  

1863  On August - 14 colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70  

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

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

1874  Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1884  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 on August - 14.  

1887  Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on this day in history.  

1891  On August - 14 johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies  

1905  Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies  

1923  On August - 14 jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76  

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.  

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

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

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

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.  

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

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