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 this day in history.   

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.   

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

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.   

1643  On May - 14 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  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on May - 14.   

1688  On this day in history death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

1726  On May - 14 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  Death of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) on May - 14.   

1761  On May - 14 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50   

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

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

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

1863  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on May - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

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 May - 14.   

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 this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.