Famous Deaths In August - 14

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

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)  

1390  On August - 14 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 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  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 this day in history.  

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  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on this day in history.  

1784  On August - 14 death of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)  

1785  On August - 14 john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies  

1788  On August - 14 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  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on August - 14.  

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

1856  William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history.  

1858  George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1863  Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1867  On August - 14 niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

1884  On this day in history arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)  

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

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

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.