Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)   

1710  On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on May - 23.   

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on May - 23.   

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on May - 23.   

1735  On this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.   

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.   

1759  On May - 23 birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1790  Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on May - 23.   

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1795  On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect   

1799  On May - 23 birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on May - 23.   

1813  On this day in history birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  On May - 23 birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

1820  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 23.   

1828  On May - 23 birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer was born on May - 23.   

1834  On May - 23 birth of carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)   

1837  On May - 23 birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

1843  Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer was born on May - 23.   

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1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27