Famous Deaths In May - 14

0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.   

0964  On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on this day in history.   

1643  Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 on May - 14.   

1649  On this day in history death of friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)   

1669  Death of Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601) on this day in history.   

1688  Death of Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) on this day in history.   

1726  On May - 14 john B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies   

1742  Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1754  Death of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692) on May - 14.   

1761  On this day in history thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50   

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on May - 14.   

1818  On May - 14 death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)   

1820  On this day in history paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43   

1832  Death of John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried on May - 14.   

1833  On May - 14 johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88   

1847  On this day in history fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1863  Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1864  On May - 14 william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on May - 14.   

1873  Death of Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1877  John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 on May - 14.   

1878  Death of Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history death of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)   

1889  On May - 14 death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)   

1893  Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 on May - 14.   

1904  Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 on May - 14.   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on May - 14.   

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1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.   

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 this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)