Deaths in History on March 14

1647 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel (1625-47), dies at 63

1648 Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 63
1680 René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1682 Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53
1696 Jean Domat, French jurist, dies at 70
1698 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, dies at 75

1748 George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1757 John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, dies at 53
1791 Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1803 Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet (Der Messias), dies at 78
1805 Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)

1811 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, British Prime Minister (1768-70), dies at 75

1823 Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
1874 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. with Wilhelm Beer), dies at 79

1883 Karl Marx, German philosopher (Communist Manifesto), dies at 64

1884 Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
1899 Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76
1902 Daniel H. Reynolds, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 69
1903 Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88
1918 Lucretia Garfield, First Lady of the United States as the wife of James A. Garfield (1881), dies at 85
1919 Roger Atkinson Pryor, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 90

1932 George Eastman, American inventor (Kodak camera and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company), shoots himself in the heart at 77

1933 Balto, husky dog who brought back the antitoxin in 1925
1949 John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1953 Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56
1957 Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)

1968 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies
1969 Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter (1964 Arts & Letters), dies at 70
1973 Murat B "Chic" Young, US comic strip artist (Blondie), dies at 72
1973 Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer (Harvard Mark I computer), dies at 73
1976 Busby Berkeley, US choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80
1976 Martha Saalfeldt, writer, dies

1977 Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (Freedom Summer, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), dies of breast cancer at 59

1980 Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1984 Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and chairman (Club of Rome), dies at 75
1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1989 Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, dies at 96
1991 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
1991 Robert Maroff, dies at 57
1991 Margery Sharp, children's author (b. 1905)
1992 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years at 34
1994 Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
1994 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at 57
1995 Johan W "Jo" van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70
1995 William Fowler, American astrophysicist (Nobel 1983), dies at 83

1995 John Peters Humphrey, Canadian jurist and human rights advocate, dies at 89

1996 Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at 69
1997 Fred Zinnemann Austrian-American director (From Here to Eternity, Julia), dies of heart attack at 89
1997 John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58
1997 Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (Jacob the Liar), dies at 59
1997 Lucy Kroll, American talent agent, dies at 87
2002 Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2002 Cherry Barbara Grimm [Lockett], New Zealand sci-fi author (Nearest Fire), dies at 71
2003 Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
2003 Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2006 Ann Calvello, American roller derby queen, dies at 76
2006 Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
2007 Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
2008 Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)
2009 Altovise Davis [née Gore], American entertainer, best known as Sammy Davis, Jr.'s third wife, dies from stroke complications at 65
2012 Censu Tabone, President of Malta, dies at 98
2013 Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier, dies at 82
2014 Tony Benn, British politcian, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, dies aged 88
2015 Valentin Rasputin, Russian writer (To Live and Remember), dies at 77

2018 Stephen Hawking, English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes), dies at 76

2018 Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist, assassinated at 38
2018 Adrián Lamo, American threat analyst and hacker (NYT, Yahoo!, Microsoft) who reported Chelsea Manning to the FBI, dies at 37
2018 Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist (Birds of September, A Cat’s Diary), dies at 86