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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 14 1316

    Charles IV King of Bohemia (1346-78) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-78). Dies 1378

    May 14 1553

    Margaret of Valois wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)

    May 14 1699

    Hans Joachim von Zieten Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)

    May 14 1701

    William Emerson English mathematician (d. 1782)

    May 14 1727

    Thomas Gainsborough English painter (Blue Boy) baptized

    May 14 1737

    George Macartney 1st Earl Macartney British statesman (d. 1806)

    May 14 1781

    Friedrich von Raumer German historianparliamentarian

    May 14 1814

    Charles Beyer German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)

    May 14 1830

    George Pierce Doles Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)

    May 14 1832

    Rudolf Lipschitz German mathematician (d. 1903)

    May 14 1836

    James Patrick Major Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1877)

    May 14 1841

    Sir Squire Bancroft [Butterfield] British actor and manager known for creating drawing-room comedy (Haymarket) born in Rotherhithe London (d. 1926)

    May 14 1846

    Arnold Kerdijk Dutch lib politicianfounder (Social Weekly newspaper)

    May 14 1846

    Pieter W A Cort van de Linden Dutch premier (1913-18)

    May 14 1863

    John Charles Fields Canadian mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal born in Hamilton Ontario (d. 1932)

    May 14 1867

    Kurt Eisner German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)

    May 14 1878

    James L. Wilkinson American baseball executive (d. 1964)

    May 14 1881

    Ed Walsh American baseball pitcher lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)

    May 14 1881

    G. Murray Hulbert American politician (d. 1950)

    May 14 1883

    Jan Olieslagers Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)

    May 14 1883

    Julian Eltinge Mass vaudeville stargreatest female impersonator

    May 14 1885

    Otto Klemperer Breslau Germany conductorcomposer (Das Ziel)

    May 14 1888

    Miles Mander British actor (Tower of London Wuthering Heights Murder) born in Wolverhampton Staffordshire England (d. 1946)

    May 14 1890

    Alex Pompez American baseball executive (d. 1974)

    May 14 1895

    Lew Lehr comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania

    May 14 1897

    Sidney Bechet American jazz clarinetistsaxophonistband leader

    May 14 1897

    Ed Ricketts American marine biologist (d. 1948)

    May 14 1899

    Pierre Victor Auger French physicist (d. 1993)

    May 14 1899

    Earle Combs American baseball player (d. 1976)

    May 14 1900

    Leo Smit Dutch composer who died in a Nazi extermination camp born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)

    May 14 1903

    Billie Dove [Lilian Bohny] American actress (Black Pirate Stolen Bride) born in NYC New York (d. 1997)

    May 14 1904

    Hans Albert Einstein American professor (d. 1973)

    May 14 1906

    Hastings Kamuzu Banda president of Malawi (1964-94)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 14 1027 Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks

    May 14 1264 Battle of Lewes 2nd Barons War Simon de Montfort the younger Earl of Leicester defeats English King Henry III

    May 14 1483 Coronation of Charles VIII of France (Charles lAffable).

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