Famous Birthdays In May - 14
Saturday, 02 November 2024
1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
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 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.
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 On May - 14 birth of antonio Teixeira, composer
1710 Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) was born on May - 14.
1725 Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802) was born on this day in history.
1727 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized was born on May - 14.
1737 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.
1752 Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828) was born on May - 14.
1752 Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.
1771 On May - 14 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 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on this day in history.
1814 On this day in history birth of charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
1816 On this day in history birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer
1817 On this day in history birth of alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
1830 On May - 14 birth of george Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1832 Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903) was born on May - 14.
1836 James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.
1846 On May - 14 birth of arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
1846 On this day in history birth of pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
1864 On May - 14 birth of eleanor Everest Freer, composer
1867 On this day in history birth of kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
1870 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on this day in history.
1872 Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on this day in history.
1878 James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964) was born on this day in history.
1880 Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971) was born on May - 14.