Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.  

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

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

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.  

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1774  Death of Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on this day in history.  

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  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on August - 14.  

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

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on August - 14.  

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  On August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies  

1860  Death of André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774) on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies  

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

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

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

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

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.