Famous Deaths In March - 14

0840  Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69 on March - 14.  

0968  On this day in history death of matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)  

1272  On this day in history re Enzo, Italian poet/son of Emp Frederik II von Hohenstaufen, dies  

1298  Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies on March - 14.  

1457  On this day in history death of jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)  

1490  On this day in history charles I, Duke of Savoy, dies at 21  

1559  Death of Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed on March - 14.  

1573  On this day in history claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies  

1590  Philip van Egmont, general/prince of Gavere, dies in battle at 30 on March - 14.  

1612  On March - 14 philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74  

1647  Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1648  On March - 14 death of ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1584)  

1680  Death of René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631) on this day in history.  

1682  On March - 14 jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53  

1696  On this day in history death of jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)  

1698  On this day in history death of claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)  

1748  On March - 14 death of george Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)  

1757  Death of John Byng, English admiral (Minorca), executed at 52 on this day in history.  

1760  On this day in history anton Filtz, composer, dies at 26  

1768  Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer, dies at 58 on March - 14.  

1791  Death of Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725) on March - 14.  

1801  On this day in history christian Friedrich Penzel, composer, dies at 63  

1803  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet, dies at 78 on March - 14.  

1805  On this day in history death of stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)  

1811  On March - 14 august Henry Fitzroy, English premier (1768-70), dies at 75  

1823  On March - 14 death of charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)  

1861  On March - 14 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58  

1883  Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1884  On this day in history death of quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)  

1899  Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history johannes H Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88  

1925  On this day in history walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65  

1932  On this day in history death of george Eastman, US industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77  

1933  On March - 14 death of balto, husky dog who brought back the antitoxin in 1925  

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1623  On this day in history birth of adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer  

1638  On March - 14 birth of johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)  

1681  On this day in history birth of georg Philipp Telemann, Magdeburg Germany, late baroque composer  

1692  On March - 14 birth of peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar)  

1726  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer was born on this day in history.  

1727  On this day in history birth of johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer  

1755  Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer was born on March - 14.  

1782  Thomas Hart Benton, (rep), "Old Bullion" was born on this day in history.