Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.   

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  On this day in history gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60   

1691  Death of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630) on August - 14.   

1704  Death of Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1727  On August - 14 william Croft, composer, dies at 48   

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on August - 14.   

1774  Death of Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716) on this day in history.   

1778  Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies on August - 14.   

1784  Death of Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) on August - 14.   

1785  John William Fletcher, evangelist, dies on this day in history.   

1788  Thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies on this day in history.   

1794  George Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies on this day in history.   

1833  Luigi Cagnola, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1834  On August - 14 friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

1844  On this day in history henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies   

1856  On this day in history william Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies   

1858  George Combe, phrenologist, dies on August - 14.   

1860  On August - 14 death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)   

1863  On this day in history colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70   

1867  On August - 14 niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84   

1870  David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies on August - 14.   

1874  On this day in history death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)   

1884  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 on August - 14.   

1887  On this day in history richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies   

1891  Johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies on August - 14.   

1905  Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies on August - 14.   

1922  On August - 14 alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies   

1923  On August - 14 jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76   

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  On August - 14 birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.   

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)