Famous Birthdays In December - 23

1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.   

1613  Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1621  Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678) was born on December - 23.   

1621  Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1644  On December - 23 birth of tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

1689  On December - 23 birth of joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer   

1699  Joseph Gibbs, composer was born on this day in history.   

1709  On this day in history birth of jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  Johann Siebenkas, composer was born on December - 23.   

1716  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer was born on December - 23.   

1732  On December - 23 birth of richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)   

1743  On December - 23 birth of ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)   

1749  On December - 23 birth of johann Lukas Schubaur, composer   

1750  Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) was born on December - 23.   

1758  On this day in history birth of nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York   

1763  John Davy, composer was born on December - 23.   

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) was born on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher   

1790  On December - 23 birth of jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics   

1795  On December - 23 birth of philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)   

1804  Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk) was born on December - 23.   

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church) was born on December - 23.   

1808  Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 was born on December - 23.   

1812  Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) was born on December - 23.   

1812  On this day in history birth of william Hauser, composer   

1815  Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat was born on December - 23.   

1818  On this day in history birth of david Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

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0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1230  On this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.