Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
0582 On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor 

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

1204 On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) 

1390 Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history. 

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

1573 On August - 14 death of saitÅ 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 On this day in history death of richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630) 

1704 Death of Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675) on this day in history. 

1727 On August - 14 william Croft, composer, dies at 48 

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

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

1778 Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on August - 14. 

1784 On this day in history death of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) 

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

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

1794 On this day in history 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 On August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies 

1860 On this day in history death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774) 

1863 On August - 14 colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 

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

1870 On August - 14 david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies 

1874 Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on August - 14. 

1884 On this day in history arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 

1887 Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on this day in history. 

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

1905 Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies on August - 14. 

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

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

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