Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

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

0649  On May - 14 theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.   

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 14.   

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56   

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

1649  On this day in history death of friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)   

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

1688  On May - 14 death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

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

1742  Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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 May - 14.   

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

1832  Death of John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried on May - 14.   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on May - 14.   

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  Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 on May - 14.   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on May - 14.   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 14.   

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

1893  Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 on May - 14.   

1904  On May - 14 richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78   

1906  On May - 14 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 May - 14.   

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

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

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

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

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.   

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