Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.
1316 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.
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 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.
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)
1701 William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.
1707 Antonio Teixeira, composer was born on this day in history.
1710 Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on this day in history.
1725 On this day in history birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14.
1737 On this day in history birth of george Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)
1752 On this day in history birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
1752 On May - 14 birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on May - 14.
1781 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian
1798 On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
1805 On this day in history birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1814 On this day in history birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
1816 Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on this day in history.
1817 On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
1830 On this day in history birth of george Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1832 Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.
1836 James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on May - 14.
1846 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on this day in history.
1846 On May - 14 birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
1864 On May - 14 birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer
1867 Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on this day in history.
1870 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on May - 14.
1872 On this day in history birth of elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961)
1878 James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on May - 14.
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on this day in history.