Famous Deaths 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 August - 14.   

1390  On August - 14 death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

1433  On August - 14 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  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.   

1691  On August - 14 death of richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)   

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

1727  On this day in history william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

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 August - 14.   

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

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 14 death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)   

1863  On this day in history colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70   

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1874  Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1884  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 on August - 14.   

1887  On August - 14 richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies   

1891  On this day in history johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies   

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

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  On August - 14 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

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