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1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)  

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.  

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician  

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)  

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.  

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.  

0871  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies  

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.  

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.  

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies