Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.  

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.  

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

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.  

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

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.  

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.  

1598  Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on this day in history.  

1621  William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.  

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1623  Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 23.  

1628  Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.  

1629  On this day in history birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)  

1649  Andreas Kneller, composer was born on this day in history.  

1676  King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.  

1697  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on April - 23.  

1708  On April - 23 birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)  

1715  On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer  

1720  On this day in history birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)  

1725  On this day in history birth of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)  

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on April - 23.  

1735  Ildephons Haas, composer was born on April - 23.  

1746  Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) was born on April - 23.  

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer was born on this day in history.  

1756  On this day in history birth of alexander Reinagle, composer  

1775  On this day in history birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)  

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on April - 23.  

1791  W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on April - 23.  

1792  On April - 23 birth of john Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)  

1794  On April - 23 birth of wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)  

1803  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice was born on April - 23.  

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on this day in history.  

1809  On April - 23 birth of eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer  

1810  On April - 23 birth of thomas Wright, historian  

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0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on this day in history.  

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded  

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent  

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

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.  

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 April - 23.  

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies