Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)  

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.  

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

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer  

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)  

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on this day in history.  

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

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.  

1598  Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on April - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1629  John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.  

1649  On this day in history birth of andreas Kneller, composer  

1676  On this day in history birth of king Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)  

1697  On April - 23 birth of george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer  

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on April - 23.  

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on April - 23.  

1720  Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1725  Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.  

1728  On April - 23 birth of samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)  

1735  On April - 23 birth of ildephons Haas, composer  

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

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer was born on April - 23.  

1756  On April - 23 birth of alexander Reinagle, composer  

1775  Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) was born on this day in history.  

1791  On April - 23 birth of james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)  

1791  On this day in history birth of w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist  

1792  On this day in history birth of john Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)  

1794  Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.  

1803  On April - 23 birth of jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice  

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

1809  On this day in history birth of eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer  

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Wright, historian  

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0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.  

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 this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on April - 23.  

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.