Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on May - 23.   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on this day in history.   

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on May - 23.   

1735  On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on May - 23.   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.   

1754  On May - 23 birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  On May - 23 birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1790  On May - 23 birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)   

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1795  Charles Barry, architect was born on May - 23.   

1799  Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.   

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on this day in history.   

1813  Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.   

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on May - 23.   

1820  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  On May - 23 birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

1843  On May - 23 birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

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1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.