Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 23

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1865  James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 on April - 23.   

1878  On this day in history friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on April - 23.   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history death of jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)   

1895  On April - 23 karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies   

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 on April - 23.   

1905  On April - 23 karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54   

1907  Death of Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842) on April - 23.   

1915  Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 on April - 23.   

1918  Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies on this day in history.   

1925  Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1926  On April - 23 joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies   

1929  Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history death of teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)   

1942  On April - 23 marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73   

1945  On this day in history albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42   

1946  Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 on April - 23.   

1951  Death of Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1952  Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies on April - 23.   

1955  On April - 23 robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76   

1957  William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89 on April - 23.   

1960  On this day in history cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies   

1965  Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37   

1970  Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1971  On April - 23 william Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76   

1973  Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history death of pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27   

1976  On April - 23 james Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69   

1979  On April - 23 death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)   

1980  Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1981  Death of Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897) on this day in history.   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)