Deaths in History on November 14

  • 784 Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
  • 976 T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
  • 1226 Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)

Person of interestAlexander Nevsky

1263 Alexander Nevsky, [Aleksandr], Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir dies at 43

Key Figure of Medieval Rus Alexander Nevsky
Key Figure of Medieval Rus
Alexander Nevsky
  • 1359 Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
  • 1391 Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
  • 1522 Anne of France, daughter of French King Louis XI, Princess and French Regent (for her brother King Charles VIII during his minority). Born 1461
  • 1556 Giovanni Della Casa, Italian poet (Galateo), dies at 53
  • 1589 Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58
  • 1625 Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
  • 1633 William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
  • 1673 Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
  • 1687 Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II of England, dies from apoplexy at 37
  • 1691 Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)

Person of interestGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1716 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (differential and integral calculus), dies at 70

Philosopher and Mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Philosopher and Mathematician
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  • 1734 Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
  • 1746 Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
  • 1780 Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
  • 1794 Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/"Dutch Newton", dies at 30
  • 1804 Agatha "Aagje" Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
  • 1817 Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
  • 1825 Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
  • 1829 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
  • 1832 Charles Carroll, Wealthy Maryland planter who was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to pass away, dies at 95
  • 1832 Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist and philologist (Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language), dies of tuberculosis at 44
  • 1841 Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies at 75
  • 1842 Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar and secession leader, dies at 41
  • 1844 Flora Tristan, French writer and social activist, dies at 41
  • 1844 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, dies at 64
  • 1866 Miguel I, King of Portugal (1828-34), dies at 64
  • 1902 Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
  • 1906 Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies
  • 1907 Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
  • 1908 Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
  • 1914 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
  • 1914 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)

Person of interestBooker T. Washington

1915 Booker T. Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala

Education Pioneer Booker T. Washington
Education Pioneer
Booker T. Washington
  • 1916 Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
  • 1916 Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
  • 1917 William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
  • 1935 J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
  • 1946 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
  • 1947 Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
  • 1949 Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat, dies at 72
  • 1955 Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
  • 1957 Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African painter, dies at 71
  • 1962 Manuel Gálvez, Argentine novelist (La maestra normal), dies at 80
  • 1972 Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
  • 1975 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
  • 1977 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at 81
  • 1984 Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
  • 1987 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
  • 1990 K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
  • 1990 Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
  • 1990 Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
  • 1991 Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
  • 1992 Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66
  • 1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
  • 1994 Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
  • 1994 John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
  • 1994 Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
  • 1995 Jack Finney, American sci-fi and thriller author (The Body Snatchers, Time and Again), dies of pneumonia at 84
  • 1995 John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
  • 1995 John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90
  • 1996 Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd's underwriter, dies at 77
  • 1996 Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
  • 1996 Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41
  • 1996 Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst, dies at 96
  • 2000 Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
  • 2012 Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
  • 2016 Gwen Ifill, journalist and writer, 1st African American woman to host US public affairs program, dies of cancer at 61