Famous Deaths In August - 14

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

1204  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

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

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.   

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60   

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  On this day in history giovanni Battista Somis, composer, dies at 76   

1774  On August - 14 death of johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)   

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

1784  Death of Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

1788  On this day in history thomas Sheridan, actor/biographer/lexicographer (Intelligencer), dies   

1794  On this day in history george Colman, the Elder, playwright, dies   

1833  On this day in history luigi Cagnola, architect, dies   

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  On August - 14 george Combe, phrenologist, dies   

1860  On this day in history death of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)   

1863  Colin Campbell, British officer (Cawnpore), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1867  Niccola Benvenuti, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1870  David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies on this day in history.   

1874  Death of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1884  Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1887  On August - 14 richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies   

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

1905  Mohammed Abdoe, Egyptian writing expert (Al'Oerwah al-Woethka), dies on this day in history.   

1922  Alfred CW Harmsworth, 1st viscount Northcliffe/newspaper magnate, dies on this day in history.   

1923  Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

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

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

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

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)