What happened on June 14 ?

1161 - Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100)

1381 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury

1497 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (assassinated)

1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)

1548 - Carpentras, French composer

1594 - Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer

1662 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)

1674 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)

1703 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)

1794 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718)

1800 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux, French military leader (killed in battle) (b. August 17, 1768)

1800 - Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (assassinated) (b. 1753)

1801 - Benedict Arnold, American general (b. 1741)

1825 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754)

1837 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)

1883 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809)

1886 - Alexandr Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)

1908 - Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841)

1920 - Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)

1926 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1843)

1927 - Jerome K. Jerome, British author (b. 1859)

1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst, British feminist (b. 1857)

1932 - Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer

1936 - G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874)

1936 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (b. 1869)

1946 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (b. 1888)

1967 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897)

1968 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

1972 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1900)

1977 - Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)

1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)

1986 - Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)

1991 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (b. 1907)

1994 - Henry Mancini, American composer (b. 1924)

1995 - Rory Gallagher, Irish musician and composer (b. 1949)

1995 - Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937)

1997 - Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)

1999 - Bernie Faloney, Professional football player (b. 1932)

2002 - June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)

2004 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900)

2004 - Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer

2005 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)

2005 - Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)

2006 - Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (b. 1930)