Famous Birthdays In December - 23

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

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.   

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

1613  On December - 23 birth of carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)   

1621  On December - 23 birth of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)   

1621  Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1644  On December - 23 birth of tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

1689  On December - 23 birth of joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer   

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

1709  On this day in history birth of jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of johann Siebenkas, composer   

1716  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1743  On this day in history birth of ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)   

1749  On this day in history birth of johann Lukas Schubaur, composer   

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  John Davy, composer was born on December - 23.   

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) was born on this day in history.   

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

1790  On December - 23 birth of jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics   

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 December - 23 birth of joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)   

1808  Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 was born on December - 23.   

1812  Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) was born on December - 23.   

1812  William Hauser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1815  Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat was born on December - 23.   

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

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0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

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

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.   

1236  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies