Famous Deaths Happened In May - 14

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on May - 14.   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

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

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56   

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

1649  On May - 14 death of friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b. 1600)   

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

1688  On May - 14 death of antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1761  On May - 14 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50   

1801  On this day in history johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1878  On May - 14 death of ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)   

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

1889  Death of Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

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

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

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

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  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 this day in history.