Famous Deaths In December - 14

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on this day in history.   

1136  On this day in history death of harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered   

1417  On this day in history death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned   

1460  On December - 14 death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)   

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on this day in history.   

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on this day in history.   

1542  James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1553  On December - 14 death of hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer (b. 1485)   

1591  On December - 14 juan de la Cruz, [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies   

1624  On this day in history death of charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman (b. 1536)   

1651  Death of Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1713  On December - 14 death of thomas Rymer, English historian (b. 1641)   

1715  On this day in history death of thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1636)   

1732  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer, dies at 80 on December - 14.   

1734  Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 on December - 14.   

1735  On this day in history death of thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (b. 1674)   

1741  On December - 14 death of charles Rollin, French historian (b. 1661)   

1754  Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies   

1788  Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74 on December - 14.   

1799  George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1823  Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history luigi Marchesi, composer, dies at 74   

1838  On December - 14 death of jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote (b. 1806)   

1849  Conradin Kreutzer, composer, dies at 69 on December - 14.   

1861  On this day in history albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42   

1862  George Dashiell Bayard, Union brig general, dies at 27 on December - 14.   

1865  Death of Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

1873  On December - 14 j Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies   

1886  Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27 on December - 14.   

1893  On this day in history karolina Pawlowa, writer, dies at 86   

1900  Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1903  Death of William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair on this day in history.   

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on December - 14.   

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on this day in history.   

1503  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet was born on this day in history.   

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France was born on December - 14.   

1625  Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) was born on December - 14.   

1631  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on December - 14.   

1640  (baptism date) was born on December - 14.