Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.  

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia  

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.  

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.  

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.  

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on December - 23.  

1556  On December - 23 death of nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)  

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1568  On December - 23 death of roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

1569  Death of St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.  

1575  On this day in history death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)  

1588  Death of Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47  

1631  On this day in history death of michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)  

1646  On this day in history death of françois Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)  

1652  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68  

1675  On this day in history death of caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)  

1688  On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21  

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1722  On December - 23 death of pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)  

1761  On December - 23 death of alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy  

1771  Death of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

1779  Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724) on December - 23.  

1789  Death of Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712) on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history death of johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)  

1795  On December - 23 death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)  

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73  

1834  Death of Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766) on this day in history.  

1846  Death of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780) on this day in history.  

1891  Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72  

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.