Famous Personalities Born In May - 14
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1316 Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.
1316 On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.
1652 On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
1666 On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on this day in history.
1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.
1699 On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
1701 William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) was born on May - 14.
1707 On this day in history birth of antonio Teixeira, composer
1710 On this day in history birth of adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
1725 On this day in history birth of ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 On this day in history birth of thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
1737 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) was born on May - 14.
1752 On this day in history birth of albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
1752 On May - 14 birth of timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian
1798 On this day in history birth of frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
1805 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer was born on May - 14.
1814 Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876) was born on May - 14.
1816 On this day in history birth of gualtiero Sanelli, composer
1817 Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1830 George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1832 Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903) was born on May - 14.
1836 James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.
1846 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper) was born on May - 14.
1846 Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18) was born on this day in history.
1864 Eleanor Everest Freer, composer was born on this day in history.
1867 Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19) was born on May - 14.
1870 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer was born on this day in history.
1872 Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (d. 1961) was born on May - 14.
1878 On this day in history birth of james L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
1880 On this day in history birth of wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)