Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.  

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

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

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on August - 14.  

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)  

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

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

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 August - 14.  

1727  On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48  

1763  On this day in history giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76  

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

1785  On this day in history 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  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1860  Death of André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774) on August - 14.  

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

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

1870  On August - 14 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  Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on August - 14.  

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

1905  On August - 14 mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies  

1922  Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

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

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.  

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