Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

1598  On April - 23 birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander   

1621  On April - 23 birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)   

1623  On April - 23 birth of jan Adam Reincken, composer   

1628  On this day in history birth of johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)   

1629  John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1649  On April - 23 birth of andreas Kneller, composer   

1676  King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.   

1697  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on April - 23.   

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on April - 23.   

1720  On April - 23 birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)   

1725  On this day in history birth of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)   

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on this day in history.   

1735  On this day in history birth of ildephons Haas, composer   

1746  Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.   

1747  On April - 23 birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer   

1756  On this day in history birth of alexander Reinagle, composer   

1775  On this day in history birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)   

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on April - 23.   

1791  W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on April - 23.   

1792  On April - 23 birth of john Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)   

1794  On April - 23 birth of wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)   

1803  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice was born on this day in history.   

1804  On April - 23 birth of guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)   

1809  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer was born on April - 23.   

1810  Thomas Wright, historian was born on this day in history.   

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0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.   

0871  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.   

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies