Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.  

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 December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies  

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  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.  

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  On December - 23 death of hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37  

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

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  On December - 23 death of caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)  

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

1696  On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

1771  On December - 23 death of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)  

1779  On December - 23 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 December - 23.  

1793  Death of Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699) on December - 23.  

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

1805  On December - 23 death of pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)  

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on December - 23.  

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

1846  On December - 23 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 December - 23 eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

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

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 December - 23.  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"