Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

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

1574  On this day in history death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.   

1643  On this day in history louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41   

1649  Death of Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600) on May - 14.   

1669  On May - 14 death of georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)   

1688  On this day in history death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

1726  John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on this day in history.   

1742  On May - 14 dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64   

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

1761  Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1801  Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history death of matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)   

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

1832  On May - 14 death of john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried   

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1847  Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1860  Death of Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801) on May - 14.   

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  On May - 14 ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1873  On this day in history death of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)   

1877  On May - 14 john Roberts, composer, dies at 54   

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

1887  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) on May - 14.   

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

1904  On May - 14 richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on this day in history.   

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1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on May - 14.   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  On May - 14 birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on May - 14.