Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

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

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 May - 23.   

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

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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.   

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

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on this day in history.   

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

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on this day in history.   

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

1741  On May - 23 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  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1795  On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect   

1799  On this day in history birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 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  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.   

1843  On May - 23 birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

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1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

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

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

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

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

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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