Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.  

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

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

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

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  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1621  On April - 23 birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)  

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

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

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

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

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

1746  On April - 23 birth of félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)  

1747  On April - 23 birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer  

1756  Alexander Reinagle, composer was born on April - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1791  On April - 23 birth of w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist  

1792  John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 April - 23.  

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

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

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40  

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

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on April - 23.