Famous Birthdays In May - 14

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 this day in history.   

1553  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1666  On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  On May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  On this day in history 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  Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) was born on May - 14.   

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  Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) was born on May - 14.   

1752  On this day in history birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)   

1771  On this day in history birth of robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist   

1781  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian   

1798  Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian was born on this day in history.   

1805  On May - 14 birth of johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer   

1814  Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on May - 14.   

1816  Gualtiero Sanelli, composer was born on May - 14.   

1817  On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)   

1830  George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1832  On May - 14 birth of rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)   

1836  On May - 14 birth of james Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

1846  Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on May - 14.   

1846  On May - 14 birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)   

1864  Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1867  Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on this day in history.   

1870  On May - 14 birth of zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer   

1872  Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)   

1880  Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.   

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0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

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

1574  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

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.