Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

0347  On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

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

1608  On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  On this day in history 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  Death of Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600) on this day in history.   

1669  On this day in history death of georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)   

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

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  Death of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) on May - 14.   

1761  On this day in history thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50   

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

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 May - 14.   

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

1860  On this day in history death of ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)   

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

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  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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