Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1812  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine Julien, conductor  

1813  Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates) was born on this day in history.  

1813  Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853) was born on April - 23.  

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian was born on April - 23.  

1818  On April - 23 birth of john Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872  

1821  On April - 23 birth of pierre Dupont, song writer  

1823  On April - 23 birth of abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861)  

1827  Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1828  On this day in history birth of albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)  

1838  On April - 23 birth of alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter  

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1852  Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937) was born on this day in history.  

1853  Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history birth of max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)  

1861  Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal was born on April - 23.  

1865  On April - 23 birth of ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)  

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) was born on this day in history.  

1872  Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.  

1876  On April - 23 birth of arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)  

1877  Arthur Farwell, composer was born on April - 23.  

1881  Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22) was born on April - 23.  

1881  On this day in history birth of otakar Sini, composer  

1882  Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle) was born on April - 23.  

1882  On this day in history birth of max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)  

1888  On this day in history birth of georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)  

1889  On this day in history birth of charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher  

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer was born on this day in history.  

1890  Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado) was born on this day in history.  

1891  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) was born on this day in history.  

1892  On April - 23 birth of minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer  

1892  R Huelsenbeck, writer was born on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history birth of frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)  

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) was born on April - 23.  

1894  George Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X) was born on April - 23.  

1894  On this day in history birth of cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)  

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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  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  On this day in history 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  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 April - 23.