Famous Deaths In May - 14

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 May - 14 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 this day in history.  

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

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1669  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on this day in history.  

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

1726  John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on May - 14.  

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  On this day in history johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66  

1818  Death of Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775) on May - 14.  

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

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

1833  On May - 14 johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88  

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

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  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 May - 14 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 May - 14.  

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on May - 14.  

1889  Death of Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) on May - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on this day in history.  

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

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

1666  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)  

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

1686  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]  

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on May - 14.