Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  On April - 23 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 April - 23.  

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.  

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.  

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

1598  Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on this day in history.  

1621  William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) was born on April - 23.  

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1623  On April - 23 birth of jan Adam Reincken, composer  

1628  Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on April - 23.  

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

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

1676  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer  

1720  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of ildephons Haas, composer  

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

1747  On this day in history birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer  

1756  On April - 23 birth of alexander Reinagle, composer  

1775  On this day in history birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)  

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

1791  W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on April - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1804  On April - 23 birth of guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)  

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

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  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  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.  

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.