Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on August - 14.   

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

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

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

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.   

1691  Death of Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630) on this day in history.   

1704  On this day in history death of roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)   

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

1763  Giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1774  Death of Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716) on August - 14.   

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  On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

1788  On August - 14 thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

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

1833  On August - 14 luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

1834  On this day in history friedrich Christian Ruppe, composer, dies at 63   

1844  Henry Francis Cary, translator (Dante), dies on August - 14.   

1856  William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1858  George Combe, phrenologist, dies on this day in history.   

1860  Death of André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1884  On August - 14 arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46   

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

1891  On this day in history johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies   

1905  On August - 14 mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies   

1922  Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies on August - 14.   

1923  Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 on August - 14.   

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

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.   

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.