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Famous Birthdays In December - 23

Saturday, 18 May 2013

1173 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.

1174 On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach

1513 On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)

1537 On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)

1544 On this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)

1548 On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)

1582 On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer

1597 On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"

1613 Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.

1621 On this day in history birth of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)

1621 On this day in history birth of heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)

1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer was born on this day in history.

1689 On this day in history birth of joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer

1699 Joseph Gibbs, composer was born on this day in history.

1709 Jean-Noel Hamal, composer was born on this day in history.

1714 Johann Siebenkas, composer was born on this day in history.

1716 On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Rolle, composer

1732 On this day in history birth of richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)

1743 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.

1749 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer was born on this day in history.

1750 Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) was born on this day in history.

1758 On this day in history birth of nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York

1763 On this day in history birth of john Davy, composer

1777 On this day in history birth of aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)

1780 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher was born on this day in history.

1790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics was born on this day in history.

1795 Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel) was born on this day in history.

1804 On this day in history birth of charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)

1805 On this day in history birth of joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)

1808 On this day in history birth of thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883

1812 On this day in history birth of samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)

1812 On this day in history birth of william Hauser, composer

1815 On this day in history birth of henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat

1818 On this day in history birth of david Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899

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Famous Deaths In December - 23

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1116 On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies

1230 On this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England

1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.

1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.

1556 On this day in history death of nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)

1568 On this day in history death of roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England

1569 On this day in history death of st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible

1575 On this day in history death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)