General Events and Observations of July 14

664: Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
937: Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria
1223: King Philip II of France (b. 1165)
1575: Richard Taverner, English Bible translator
1614: Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint (b. 1550)
1671: Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)
1723: Claude Fleury, French historian (b. 1640)
1742: Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (b. 1662)
1766: František Maxmilián Kanka, Czech architect (b. 1674)
1774: James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field
1780: Charles Batteux, French philosopher (b. 1713)
1789: Bernard-René de Launay, governor of the Bastille, murdered d
1789: Jacques de Flesselles, French provost (assassinated) (b. 172
1790: Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (b.
1817: Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, Swiss author (b. 1766)
1827: Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (b. 1788)
1834: Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States
1850: August Neander, German theologian (b. 1789)
1876: Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (b. 1816
1881: Billy the Kid, American outlaw (b. 1859?)
1904: Paul Kruger, Boer resistance leader (b. 1824)
1907: William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
1910: Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
1917: Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
1925: Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901)
1939: Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter, decorative artist (b. 1860)
1954: Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1965: Adlai Stevenson, United States Presidential candidate (b. 19
1966: Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)
1967: Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
1968: Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (b. 1892)
1974: Carl Spaatz, American Air Force general (b. 1891)
1975: Madan Mohan, Hindi Film's Melodious Music director (b. 1924)
1984: Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 1928)
1984: Philippe Wynne, American musician (b. 1941)
1989: Frank Bell, British educator (b. 1916)
1993: Léo Ferré, French singer and songwriter (b. 1916)
1994: César Tovar, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b. 194
1996: Jeff Krosnoff, CART driver (b. 1964)
2000: Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944)
2000: René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
2000: William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
2002: Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 19
2003: Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2003: François-Albert Angers, French Canadian economist (b. 1909)
2005: Cicely Saunders, English Nurse, physician, and writer (b. 19
2007: John Ferguson Sr, former professional hockey player (b. 1938

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