Famous Deaths In October - 23

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.   

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)   

1550  Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on October - 23.   

1581  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)   

1688  Death of Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610) on October - 23.   

1730  Death of Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683) on October - 23.   

1753  Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on October - 23.   

1764  On this day in history death of emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)   

1774  On October - 23 death of michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)   

1782  Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58   

1801  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60   

1806  On this day in history franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58   

1869  Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1872  Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1885  Death of Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829) on October - 23.   

1886  Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1890  Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies on October - 23.   

1892  On October - 23 death of mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52   

1899  W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle on October - 23.   

1901  Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies on October - 23.   

1903  On this day in history francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66   

1910  Death of Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853) on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history w G Grace, British cricketer, dies   

1921  On this day in history john B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81   

1925  Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1928  On October - 23 f A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies   

1929  Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74 on October - 23.   

1935  On this day in history death of abe Landau, US gangster, murdered   

1936  (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.   

1516  On this day in history birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  On October - 23 birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history birth of ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

1713  On this day in history birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist