Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.   

1519  On this day in history death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

1540  On August - 23 death of guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.   

1618  On August - 23 gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

1628  On August - 23 death of george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36   

1652  Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on August - 23.   

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on August - 23.   

1706  Death of Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) on August - 23.   

1723  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1813  On August - 23 death of alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1831  On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1853  On August - 23 death of alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)   

1867  Death of Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1892  Death of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) on August - 23.   

1898  On August - 23 joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82   

1903  On this day in history paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75   

1914  On August - 23 death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks   

1926  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on this day in history.   

1927  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on August - 23.   

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)