Famous Deaths In May - 14

0347  On this day in history pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

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

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on May - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1669  On this day in history death of georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)   

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

1726  John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies on May - 14.   

1742  Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 on May - 14.   

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  On May - 14 johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66   

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

1820  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 on May - 14.   

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

1833  Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 on May - 14.   

1847  On May - 14 fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41   

1860  On this day in history death of ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)   

1863  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

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

1870  On this day in history ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69   

1873  On May - 14 death of gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)   

1877  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)   

1893  On this day in history earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83   

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

1906  On May - 14 death of carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)   

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1316  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 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 this day in history.   

1699  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)