Famous Birthdays In April - 23

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

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.  

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

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)  

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician  

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 April - 23.  

1598  Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on April - 23.  

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

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1623  Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 23.  

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

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

1649  Andreas Kneller, composer was born on April - 23.  

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  On April - 23 birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)  

1715  On April - 23 birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer  

1720  Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) was born on April - 23.  

1725  On this day in history birth of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)  

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 April - 23.  

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

1792  On April - 23 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  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.  

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

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  On this day in history 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.