Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  On this day in history death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.   

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  On this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies   

1502  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

1556  Death of Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1568  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.   

1569  On December - 23 death of st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1575  On December - 23 death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)   

1588  On this day in history death of hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.   

1631  On this day in history death of michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)   

1646  Death of François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1675  On December - 23 death of caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)   

1688  On this day in history jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1722  Death of Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654) on December - 23.   

1761  Death of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on December - 23.   

1771  On December - 23 death of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)   

1779  Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724) on December - 23.   

1789  On December - 23 death of charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712)   

1793  On December - 23 death of johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)   

1795  On December - 23 death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)   

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on December - 23.   

1812  On December - 23 michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73   

1834  On December - 23 death of thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)   

1846  On December - 23 death of jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)   

1891  On December - 23 holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81   

1908  On December - 23 eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"