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  On this day in history 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 August - 14 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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1778  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 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 August - 14.  

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies  

1834  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on August - 14.  

1844  Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on August - 14.  

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

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

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

1863  On this day in history colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70  

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

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

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

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

1887  On August - 14 richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies  

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

1905  On August - 14 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 August - 14 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 this day in history.  

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  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.  

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.