Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 23.   

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1621  On this day in history birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)   

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  On this day in history birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)   

1649  On April - 23 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  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1725  Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) was born on April - 23.   

1728  On April - 23 birth of samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)   

1735  Ildephons Haas, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history birth of w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist   

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  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 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  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.   

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 this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.