Famous Birthdays In April - 23

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

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

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France  

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)  

1598  On April - 23 birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander  

1621  On this day in history birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)  

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1623  Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.  

1628  On April - 23 birth of johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)  

1629  John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) was born on April - 23.  

1649  On April - 23 birth of andreas Kneller, composer  

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

1697  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on this day in history.  

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on this day in history.  

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

1735  Ildephons Haas, composer was born on this day in history.  

1746  Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 23.  

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on this day in history.  

1791  W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

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 April - 23.  

1809  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer was born on this day in history.  

1810  Thomas Wright, historian was born on this day in history.  

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

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  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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