Famous Deaths In April - 23

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on April - 23.   

1865  James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on this day in history.   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on April - 23.   

1889  On April - 23 death of jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)   

1895  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies on April - 23.   

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54   

1907  On this day in history death of alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842)   

1915  Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1918  Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies on this day in history.   

1925  On April - 23 andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45   

1926  On April - 23 joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies   

1929  On April - 23 rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28   

1936  Death of Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889) on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73   

1945  Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1946  Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 on April - 23.   

1951  On this day in history death of charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)   

1952  Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies on this day in history.   

1955  On April - 23 robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76   

1957  On this day in history william Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89   

1960  Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67   

1969  On this day in history krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37   

1970  Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1971  William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1973  Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 on April - 23.   

1975  On April - 23 death of pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27   

1976  James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 on April - 23.   

1979  On April - 23 death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)   

1980  On this day in history jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72   

1981  On this day in history death of josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)   

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

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On April - 23 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 April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)