Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14

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

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

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.   

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

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  On August - 14 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 August - 14.   

1704  Death of Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675) on August - 14.   

1727  William Croft, composer, dies at 48 on August - 14.   

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

1774  Death of Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716) on August - 14.   

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 August - 14.   

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

1788  On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

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

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

1834  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

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

1860  On this day in history 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  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  Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on August - 14.   

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  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  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

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  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)