Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

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

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

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

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

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on May - 23.   

1707  Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on May - 23.   

1710  On May - 23 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  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on May - 23.   

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  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.   

1754  On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

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

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

1790  On May - 23 birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)   

1794  On this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect   

1799  Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.   

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

1813  Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.   

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

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  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  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.   

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

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

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

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

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

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

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

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

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27