Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.   

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

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

1151  On this day in history death of queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)   

1217  Death of King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185) on this day in history.   

1407  Death of Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326) on April - 23.   

1416  On this day in history blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies   

1616  On April - 23 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

1625  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 on April - 23.   

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1695  Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 on April - 23.   

1702  On April - 23 death of margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)   

1728  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83   

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1740  On April - 23 thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

1742  On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62   

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1774  Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history death of james Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)   

1786  Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1792  On April - 23 death of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)   

1794  On this day in history death of guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)   

1812  On April - 23 franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85   

1827  On this day in history johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65   

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1839  On April - 23 death of jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)   

1847  Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on April - 23.   

1850  On April - 23 william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.