Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on May - 14.   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.   

0964  On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.   

1565  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  On May - 14 death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56   

1643  On May - 14 louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41   

1649  On May - 14 death of friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)   

1669  On May - 14 death of georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)   

1688  On this day in history death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

1726  On this day in history john B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies   

1742  On this day in history dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64   

1754  Death of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) on this day in history.   

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on May - 14.   

1818  Death of Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775) on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43   

1832  Death of John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried on this day in history.   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1847  On May - 14 fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1860  On May - 14 death of ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)   

1863  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  On this day in history william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on May - 14.   

1873  On this day in history death of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)   

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on May - 14.   

1878  Death of Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) on May - 14.   

1887  On this day in history death of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)   

1889  Death of Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83   

1904  Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 on May - 14.   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on May - 14.   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.   

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on May - 14.   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)