Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1100 On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1598 On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.
1617 On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 On May - 23 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 this day in history.
1710 On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
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 On May - 23 birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on this day in history.
1737 On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.
1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.
1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on this day in history.
1790 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.
1794 On May - 23 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 this day in history.
1812 Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on this day in history.
1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.
1820 On May - 23 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 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1828 On May - 23 birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 On May - 23 birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on May - 23.
1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.
1843 On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer