Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.   

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

1608  On this day in history 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 May - 14.   

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

1688  Death of Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) on May - 14.   

1726  On this day in history 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 May - 14 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50   

1801  On May - 14 johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66   

1818  Death of Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775) on this day in history.   

1820  Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history death of john van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried   

1833  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  On this day in history william N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies   

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

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

1877  On this day in history john Roberts, composer, dies at 54   

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  Death of Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808) on May - 14.   

1889  On this day in history death of volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)   

1893  Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.   

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.   

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

1652  On May - 14 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 May - 14.   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

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