Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

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

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  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  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49  

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 August - 14 death of roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)  

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on August - 14.  

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

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.  

1834  On August - 14 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63  

1844  On this day in history henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies  

1856  William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on August - 14.  

1858  George Combe, phrenologist, dies on August - 14.  

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

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

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

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

1874  On August - 14 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  On this day in history richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies  

1891  Johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies  

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

1923  On August - 14 jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76  

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

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.  

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

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  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  

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

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