Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

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

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on April - 23.   

1621  On April - 23 birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)   

1623  On this day in history birth of jan Adam Reincken, composer   

1628  Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on April - 23.   

1629  On April - 23 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)   

1649  Andreas Kneller, composer was born on April - 23.   

1676  King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on April - 23.   

1697  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on this day in history.   

1708  On April - 23 birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)   

1715  On April - 23 birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer   

1720  On this day in history birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)   

1725  Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history birth of samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)   

1735  On this day in history birth of ildephons Haas, composer   

1746  On this day in history birth of félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)   

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer was born on April - 23.   

1756  On this day in history birth of alexander Reinagle, composer   

1775  On April - 23 birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)   

1791  On April - 23 birth of james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)   

1791  W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on April - 23.   

1792  On April - 23 birth of john Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)   

1794  On this day in history birth of wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)   

1803  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice was born on this day in history.   

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer   

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Wright, historian   

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0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.   

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.