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 this day in history.  

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

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)  

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76  

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.  

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60  

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

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  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on August - 14.  

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

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on August - 14.  

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

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on August - 14.  

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

1794  On August - 14 george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies  

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

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

1844  On August - 14 henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies  

1856  On August - 14 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  On August - 14 colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70  

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

1870  David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies on this day in history.  

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

1884  On August - 14 arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46  

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

1891  On this day in history johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies  

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

1922  Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies on August - 14.  

1923  Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  

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  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

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

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

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

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