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Victorious in warfare, personally influential, and with vast landholdings and a loyal private army, Rosas became a caudillo, as provincial warlords in the region were known.
Notable Deaths on March 14
1877 — Juan Manuel de Rosas
Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1793)
March 14 has 71 recorded notable deaths across history, from 840 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
71 source records
840 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on March 14
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- 1903 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt. Source
- 1995 Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle. Source
- 1991 Escondida in Chile's Atacama Desert – which was to become the worlds most productive copper mine – is officially inaugurated. Source
- 1978 The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon. Source
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A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing Park County, Wyoming from 1965 to 1977 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997.
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After joining the navy at the age of thirteen, he participated at the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718.
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Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first vice president as well as the third prime minister.
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In 1939 she married Raymond Samuel, who took the name Aubrac in the Resistance.
More major people who died on March 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2025
Alan Simpson
United States senator from Wyoming (born 1931)
Alan Kooi Simpson was an American politician from Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing Park County, Wyoming from 1965 to 1977 and as a…
1757
John Byng
British admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1704)
Admiral of the Blue John Byng was a Royal Navy officer and politician who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad.
1980
Mohammad Hatta
Indonesian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Indonesia (born 1902)
Mohammad Hatta was an Indonesian statesman, nationalist, and independence activist who served as the country's first vice president as well as the third prime minister.
2007
Lucie Aubrac
French educator and activist (born 1912)
Lucie Samuel, known as Lucie Aubrac, was a member of the French Resistance in World War II.
2013
Ieng Sary
Vietnamese-Cambodian politician, Cambodian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1925)
Ieng Sary was the co-founder and a senior member of the Khmer Rouge and one of the main architects of the Cambodian genocide.
2013
Jack Greene
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1930)
Jack Henry Greene was an American country musician. Nicknamed the "Jolly Greene Giant" due to his height and deep voice, Greene was a long time member of the Grand Ole Opry.
2016
Suranimala Rajapaksha
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1949)
Rajapakse Mohottige Don Suranimala Rajapaksha was a Sri Lankan politician.
1555
John Russell
1st Earl of Bedford (born 1485)
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal.
1941
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell
English historian (born 1887)
Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell was a British historian and academic who served as dean and later principal of Hertford College, Oxford.
2016
John W. Cahn
German-American metallurgist and academic (born 1928)
John Werner Cahn was an American scientist and recipient of the 1998 National Medal of Science.
1957
Evagoras Pallikarides
Cypriot activist (born 1938)
Evagoras Pallikarides was a Greek-Cypriot poet and revolutionary who was a member of EOKA during the anticolonial 1955–1959 campaign against British rule in Cyprus.
1995
William Alfred Fowler
American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist.
1883
Karl Marx
German philosopher and theorist (born 1818)
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, economist, and revolutionary socialist.
1748
George Wade
Irish field marshal and politician (born 1673)
Field Marshal George Wade was a British army officer and politician who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance.
1823
Charles François Dumouriez
French general and politician, French Minister of War (born 1739)
Divisional-General Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez was a French Army officer and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of War in the Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI.
968
Matilda of Ringelheim
Saxon queen (born c. 896)
Matilda of Ringelheim, also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman who became queen of Germany.
1937
Lars Edvard Phragmén
Swedish mathematician (born 1863)
Lars Edvard Phragmén was a Swedish mathematician who made contributions to complex analysis, voting theory, and actuarial science.
1977
Fannie Lou Hamer
American activist and philanthropist (born 1917)
Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and leader of the civil rights movement.
1991
Howard Ashman
American playwright and composer (born 1950)
Howard Elliott Ashman was an American playwright, lyricist, and stage director.