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 May - 14.  

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

1643  Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on May - 14.  

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

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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  On May - 14 death of pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)  

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 on May - 14.  

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

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

1820  On May - 14 paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43  

1832  On this day in history death of john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried  

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

1847  On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41  

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on this day in history.  

1863  Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

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

1873  On May - 14 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 this day in history.  

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 May - 14.  

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

1904  On this day in history richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78  

1906  On this day in history death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)  

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.  

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.  

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.  

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

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

1679  On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer  

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

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.