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Einhard
Frankish scholar and courtier (c. 775 – 840)
Matilda of Ringelheim
German queen from 909 to 936
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford
English royal minister (c. 1485–1555)
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
English politician and army officer
Claes Rålamb
Swedish statesman
Einhard — Frankish scholar and courtier (c. 775 – 840), who died on March 14 840.
Matilda of Ringelheim — German queen from 909 to 936, who died on March 14 968.
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford — English royal minister (c. 1485–1555), who died on March 14 1555.
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange — Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, who died on March 14 1647.
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron — English politician and army officer, who died on March 14 1648.
Claes Rålamb — Swedish statesman, who died on March 14 1698.
All entries
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- 1696
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George WadeBritish army officer and politician - 1757
John ByngRoyal Navy officer and politician - 1791
Johann Salomo SemlerGerman church historian, biblical commentator and critic - 1803
Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockGerman poet - 1811
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of GraftonPrime Minister of Great Britain from 1768 to 1770 - 1823
Charles François DumouriezFrench Army officer and politician - 1860
Karl Ritter von GhegaAlbanian-Austrian railway designer - 1877
Juan Manuel de RosasArgentine politician and general - 1883
Karl MarxGerman philosopher and socialist - 1884
Quintino SellaItalian politician - 1921
Bernard Ryan (Irish republican)Member of the IRA (c.1901-1921) - 1923
Charlie DalyIrish republican - 1930
A. A. KannistoFinnish politician - 1932
George EastmanAmerican entrepreneur, inventor, and photographer - 1932
Frederick Jackson TurnerAmerican historian - 1937
Lars Edvard PhragménSwedish mathematician - 1941
C. R. M. F. CruttwellBritish historian - 1953
Klement GottwaldLeader of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 - 1957
Evagoras PallikaridesGreek-Cypriot revolutionary - 1965
Marion Jones FarquharAmerican tennis player - 1968
Erwin PanofskyGerman art historian - 1969
Ben ShahnAmerican artist - 1973
Howard H. AikenAmerican physicist - 1973
Chic YoungAmerican comic strip cartoonist - 1975
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Busby BerkeleyAmerican film director and musical choreographer - 1977
Fannie Lou HamerAmerican civil rights activist - 1979FFrank McEncroe
- 1980
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Félix Rodríguez de la FuenteSpanish naturalist - 1984
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- 1989
Zita of Bourbon-ParmaEmpress-queen of Austria-Hungary from 1916 to 1918 - 1991
Howard AshmanAmerican playwright, lyricist, and director - 1994
Sheila HumphreysIrish republican - 1995
William Alfred FowlerAmerican nuclear physicist - 1997
Fred ZinnemannAmerican film director - 1999
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- 2003
Jack GoldsteinCanadian-American painter - 2003
Jean-Luc LagardèreFrench businessman - 2006
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- 2013
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- 2013
Ieng SaryCambodian politician and war criminal - 2014
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- 2016
John W. CahnAmerican scientist - 2016
Peter Maxwell DaviesEnglish composer and conductor - 2016
Suranimala RajapakshaSri Lankan politician - 2018
Jim BowenEnglish comedian and television personality - 2018
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Stephen HawkingEnglish theoretical physicist - 2018
Liam O'FlynnIrish musical artist - 2019
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- 2022
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Who died on March 14?
71 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 14, including Einhard, Matilda of Ringelheim, John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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42 documented historical events happened on March 14, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: On Eid al-Fitr, the citizens of Granada stormed palaces in the city, deposing Sultan Muhammad III and placing his half-brother Nasr on the throne. On the same day, in another year: Catherine Cornaro (pictured), Queen of Cyprus, was forced to abdicate and sell the administration of the island to the Republic of Venice. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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