Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1707  Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  On May - 23 birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

1729  On May - 23 birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  On this day in history birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)   

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 this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  On May - 23 birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

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

1756  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1790  Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.   

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on May - 23.   

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect   

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

1812  On May - 23 birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.   

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On May - 23 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  Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on May - 23.   

1832  On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

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

1837  On this day in history birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

1843  On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.