Famous Deaths In August - 23
Thursday, 28 March 2024
0093 On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)
0634 Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on this day in history.
1106 On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony
1176 Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.
1305 Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.
1328 On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle
1387 Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.
1507 Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.
1519 On this day in history death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot
1540 Death of Guillaume Budé, French scholar on August - 23.
1591 Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.
1618 Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.
1628 Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on this day in history.
1652 Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on this day in history.
1668 Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on August - 23.
1706 On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
1723 Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.
1777 On August - 23 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
1802 On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51
1806 On this day in history charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70
1813 On August - 23 death of alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)
1819 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.
1825 Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.
1831 On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70
1839 Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1853 Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on August - 23.
1867 On August - 23 death of auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)
1878 On August - 23 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77
1892 On this day in history death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
1898 Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on August - 23.
1903 Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1914 Death of Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks on August - 23.
1926 Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on August - 23.
1927 On August - 23 death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass
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