Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on this day in history.   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies   

1151  On April - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

1616  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 on April - 23.   

1625  On this day in history maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57   

1670  On this day in history loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69   

1691  On April - 23 jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies   

1695  On this day in history henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72   

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  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on April - 23.   

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  On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

1781  Death of James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) on April - 23.   

1786  Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 on April - 23.   

1792  On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)   

1794  Death of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721) on April - 23.   

1812  On this day in history franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85   

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

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

1839  Death of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768) on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64   

1850  On this day in history william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)