Famous Birthdays In April - 23

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

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician  

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

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

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

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

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

1628  On this day in history birth of johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)  

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

1649  Andreas Kneller, composer was born on this day in history.  

1676  On this day in history birth of king Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)  

1697  On April - 23 birth of george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer  

1708  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)  

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on April - 23.  

1720  On April - 23 birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797)  

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

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on April - 23.  

1735  On April - 23 birth of ildephons Haas, composer  

1746  Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.  

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

1756  On April - 23 birth of alexander Reinagle, composer  

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  W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

1792  John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) was born on April - 23.  

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 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 this day in history.  

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

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent  

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  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  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies