Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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.   

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

1610  On May - 14 death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56