Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14

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

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

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

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.   

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

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 August - 14.   

1785  On August - 14 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  On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

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

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

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

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 August - 14.   

1867  On this day in history 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  On August - 14 arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46   

1887  On this day in history 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 August - 14 alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies   

1923  On August - 14 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 August - 14.   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

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  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

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 this day in history.