Famous Deaths In December - 23

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

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  On December - 23 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  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1575  On this day in history death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)   

1588  Death of Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.   

1619  On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1631  Death of Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563) on this day in history.   

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

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1675  Death of Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602) on this day in history.   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.   

1722  On December - 23 death of pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)   

1761  Death of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1789  Death of Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712) on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699) on December - 23.   

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  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1846  Death of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1891  Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1908  Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 on December - 23.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

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

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.