Famous Deaths In April - 23

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on April - 23.   

1865  On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on April - 23.   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on this day in history.   

1885  William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808) on April - 23.   

1895  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies on April - 23.   

1897  On April - 23 clement Harris, composer, dies at 25   

1905  On this day in history karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54   

1907  Death of Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842) on this day in history.   

1915  Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 on April - 23.   

1918  On this day in history percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies   

1925  On April - 23 andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45   

1926  Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies on this day in history.   

1929  Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1936  On April - 23 death of teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)   

1942  Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 on April - 23.   

1945  Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1946  On April - 23 jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68   

1951  Death of Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1952  On April - 23 elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies   

1955  Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1957  William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89 on April - 23.   

1960  On this day in history cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies   

1965  On this day in history josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67   

1969  On April - 23 krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37   

1970  Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history william Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76   

1973  On this day in history otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85   

1975  Death of Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 on this day in history.   

1976  James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1979  On April - 23 death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)   

1980  Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72 on April - 23.   

1981  Death of Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897) on this day in history.   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.