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 this day in history.   

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

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

1608  On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  On May - 14 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  Death of Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619) on May - 14.   

1726  On May - 14 john B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies   

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

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

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

1832  On this day in history 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  On May - 14 emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46   

1864  William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies on May - 14.   

1870  Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 on May - 14.   

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  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  On May - 14 earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83   

1904  On this day in history richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78   

1906  Death of Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829) on May - 14.   

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1316  On May - 14 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 this day in history.   

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

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

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