Famous Deaths In August - 14

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

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

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

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  On this day in history death of johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)  

1778  On this day in history augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies  

1784  On August - 14 death of nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)  

1785  On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies  

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on August - 14.  

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on August - 14.  

1833  On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies  

1834  Friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63 on August - 14.  

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

1856  William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84  

1870  On this day in history david [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies  

1874  On this day in history death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)  

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  On August - 14 johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies  

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

1922  On August - 14 alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies  

1923  Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

1473  On August - 14 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 this day in history.  

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