Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  On August - 23 death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  On this day in history aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

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

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72   

1519  Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.   

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

1628  On this day in history death of george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36   

1652  On August - 23 death of john Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)   

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

1706  On August - 23 death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)   

1723  On August - 23 antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

1802  On this day in history corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1813  On this day in history death of alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on August - 23.   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 23 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77   

1892  On this day in history death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)   

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on August - 23.   

1903  On August - 23 paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75   

1914  Death of Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks on this day in history.   

1926  On August - 23 rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  On this day in history death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

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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 this day in history.   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

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

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)