Famous Deaths 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  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.   

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 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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  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  On May - 14 john Roberts, composer, dies at 54   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1652  On May - 14 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  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)