Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1812  Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor was born on April - 23.   

1813  Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates) was born on April - 23.   

1813  On April - 23 birth of frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)   

1818  On April - 23 birth of james Anthony Froude, historian   

1818  John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872 was born on April - 23.   

1821  Pierre Dupont, song writer was born on April - 23.   

1823  Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history birth of johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

1828  On this day in history birth of albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  On this day in history birth of alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter   

1852  On this day in history birth of edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)   

1853  Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.   

1858  Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On April - 23 birth of edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal   

1865  Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) was born on this day in history.   

1872  Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951) was born on April - 23.   

1876  On April - 23 birth of arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)   

1877  On this day in history birth of arthur Farwell, composer   

1881  On this day in history birth of claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)   

1881  On April - 23 birth of otakar Sini, composer   

1882  On April - 23 birth of albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1882  On this day in history birth of max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)   

1888  Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967) was born on April - 23.   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher was born on this day in history.   

1890  On April - 23 birth of donald Nichols Tweedy, composer   

1890  On this day in history birth of marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)   

1891  On April - 23 birth of sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)   

1892  On this day in history birth of minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer   

1892  On April - 23 birth of r Huelsenbeck, writer   

1893  Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history birth of basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)   

1894  On this day in history birth of george Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X)   

1894  On April - 23 birth of cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)   

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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 this day in history.   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.   

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

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

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