Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.   

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72   

1519  On this day in history death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

1540  On this day in history death of guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1591  On this day in history luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1628  Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on August - 23.   

1652  Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on this day in history.   

1668  On this day in history artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

1706  On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)   

1723  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1802  On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1813  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on August - 23.   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history death of auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)   

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

1892  On August - 23 death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)   

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75   

1914  On August - 23 death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks   

1926  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history.   

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.