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  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  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician  

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

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

1598  On this day in history birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander  

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

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1623  On this day in history birth of jan Adam Reincken, composer  

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

1629  On April - 23 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)  

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 April - 23.  

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

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

1725  On April - 23 birth of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)  

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 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  On April - 23 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 this day in history 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  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer was born on April - 23.  

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

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent  

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies  

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.  

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