Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

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

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.   

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

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  Death of Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.   

1628  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

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

1723  On August - 23 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  On August - 23 charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

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  On August - 23 amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1831  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

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

1878  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77   

1892  On this day in history death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)   

1898  On this day in history joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82   

1903  Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 on August - 23.   

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

1926  On August - 23 rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  On this day in history death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

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

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

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

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)