Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  On April - 23 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 this day in history.  

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.  

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  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.  

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)  

1598  On this day in history birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander  

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

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1623  On this day in history birth of jan Adam Reincken, composer  

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  On April - 23 birth of andreas Kneller, composer  

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  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1735  Ildephons Haas, composer was born on April - 23.  

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 April - 23.  

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 April - 23.  

1791  On April - 23 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 April - 23.  

1803  On this day in history birth of jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice  

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

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

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent  

0871  On April - 23 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 April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40  

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 April - 23.