Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1100 On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.
1617 On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1644 On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer
1707 Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on this day in history.
1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on May - 23.
1710 Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on this day in history.
1718 On May - 23 birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1729 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on this day in history.
1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on this day in history.
1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on this day in history.
1737 On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on May - 23.
1756 On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on this day in history.
1790 On this day in history birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1794 On this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 Charles Barry, architect was born on this day in history.
1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.
1812 On May - 23 birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813 On May - 23 birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1820 On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 On May - 23 birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 On May - 23 birth of carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.
1843 On May - 23 birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer