Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1100 On May - 23 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 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 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 On this day in history birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1710 Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on May - 23.
1718 On this day in history 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 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on May - 23.
1737 On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on May - 23.
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.
1756 On May - 23 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 May - 23.
1794 On this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 Charles Barry, architect was born on May - 23.
1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on this day in history.
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 On May - 23 birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 On May - 23 birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
1824 On May - 23 birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on May - 23.
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 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.
1843 On May - 23 birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer