Famous Birthdays In April - 23

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

1185  On this day in history 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 April - 23.  

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  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  On April - 23 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 April - 23.  

1697  On this day in history birth of george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer  

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 April - 23 birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)  

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 this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)  

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

1756  Alexander Reinagle, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1791  On this day in history birth of james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)  

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 April - 23.  

1803  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice was born on this day in history.  

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on April - 23.  

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  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.  

0303  On April - 23 death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded  

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  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 April - 23.  

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87  

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