Famous Deaths 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  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)  

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

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)  

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.  

1643  On this day in history louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41  

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

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1669  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on May - 14.  

1688  Death of Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) on May - 14.  

1726  John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on this day in history.  

1742  On May - 14 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  On this day in history johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66  

1818  On May - 14 death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)  

1820  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 on May - 14.  

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 May - 14.  

1847  Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on May - 14.  

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on May - 14.  

1863  On this day in history emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46  

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

1870  On May - 14 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69  

1873  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on May - 14.  

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1878  Death of Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) on this day in history.  

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)  

1893  Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)  

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

1553  On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)  

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer  

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.  

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)