Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)  

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)  

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.  

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

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer  

1707  On this day in history birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier  

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

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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  On May - 23 birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)  

1735  On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author  

1737  On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer  

1741  On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer  

1753  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer  

1754  On May - 23 birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)  

1756  On May - 23 birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer  

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

1790  On this day in history birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)  

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

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 this day in history birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)  

1813  On May - 23 birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895  

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on May - 23.  

1820  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.  

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

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1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on this day in history.  

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

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

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

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.  

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