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Gerard, Duke of Lorraine
Duke of Lorraine (c. 1030–1070)
Mstislav I of Kiev
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1125 to 1132
Bolesław the Pious
Duke of Greater Poland from 1239 to 1247
Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere
Member of the Parliament of England
Richard de Bury
14th-century Bishop of Durham, Chancellor of England, Treasurer of England
Lidwina
Dutch mystic
Gerard, Duke of Lorraine — Duke of Lorraine (c. 1030–1070), who died on April 14 1070.
Mstislav I of Kiev — Grand Prince of Kiev from 1125 to 1132, who died on April 14 1132.
Bolesław the Pious — Duke of Greater Poland from 1239 to 1247, who died on April 14 1279.
Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere — Member of the Parliament of England, who died on April 14 1322.
Richard de Bury — 14th-century Bishop of Durham, Chancellor of England, Treasurer of England, who died on April 14 1345.
Lidwina — Dutch mystic, who died on April 14 1433.
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- 911
AD 911Calendar year - 1099
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- 1471
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- 1480TThomas Spens15th-century Scottish bishop
- 1488
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Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland - 1599HHenry WallopEnglish statesman
- 1609
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- 1662
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George Frideric HandelGerman-British composer - 1785
William Whitehead (poet)English poet and playwright - 1792
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- 1886
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Emil CzyrniańskiPolish chemist - 1910
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John Singer SargentAmerican painter - 1930
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- 1964
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- 1969
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- 1975
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- 1978
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- 1983
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- 1986
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- 1991
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- 1999
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- 2006
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- 2008
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2015
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- 2021
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- 2022
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