Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Friday, 26 July 2024
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.
1598 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.
1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 On this day in history birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1710 On this day in history birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718 On this day in history birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1729 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
1734 On May - 23 birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.
1754 On May - 23 birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.
1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on May - 23.
1790 On this day in history birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1794 Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on May - 23.
1795 On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect
1799 On this day in history birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
1812 On this day in history birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.
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 May - 23.
1824 On May - 23 birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on May - 23.
1832 On May - 23 birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1837 On May - 23 birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1843 On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer