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Famous Deaths In December - 23

Friday, 24 May 2013

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 On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies

1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.

1556 Death of Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504) on this day in history.

1568 Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.

1569 Death of St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.

1575 Death of Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531) on this day in history.

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

1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on this day in history.

1631 Death of Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563) on this day in history.

1646 Death of François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582) on this day in history.

1652 On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68

1675 Death of Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602) on this day in history.

1688 On this day in history jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21

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

1722 On this day in history death of pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)

1761 Death of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on this day in history.

1771 On this day in history death of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)

1779 On this day in history death of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)

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 this day in history death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)

1805 On this day in history death of pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)

1812 Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

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

1846 On this day in history death of jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)

1891 On this day in history holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81

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

1911 On this day in history karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34

1912 On this day in history death of otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850)

1913 On this day in history james Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies

1915 Roland Leighton, dies at 20 on this day in history.

1925 A S C Wallis, [Adele von Antal-Opzoomer], writer (Vorstengunst), dies on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1173 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.

1174 On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach

1513 On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)

1537 On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)

1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.

1548 On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)

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

1597 On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"