Famous Birthdays In April - 23

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

1813  On this day in history birth of stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)  

1813  On April - 23 birth of frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853)  

1818  James Anthony Froude, historian was born on this day in history.  

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

1821  On this day in history birth of pierre Dupont, song writer  

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

1827  On April - 23 birth of johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer  

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

1838  Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.  

1852  On this day in history birth of edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)  

1853  On April - 23 birth of winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)  

1858  On April - 23 birth of max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)  

1861  On this day in history birth of edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal  

1865  On this day in history 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  On April - 23 birth of arthur Farwell, composer  

1881  On this day in history birth of claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)  

1881  On April - 23 birth of otakar Sini, composer  

1882  On this day in history birth of albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)  

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

1888  Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.  

1889  On April - 23 birth of charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher  

1890  On April - 23 birth of donald Nichols Tweedy, composer  

1890  On April - 23 birth of marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)  

1891  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) was born on April - 23.  

1892  On this day in history birth of minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer  

1892  On this day in history birth of r Huelsenbeck, writer  

1893  Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo) was born on April - 23.  

1894  On this day in history birth of basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)  

1894  George Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X) was born on this day in history.  

1894  Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955) was born on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.  

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.  

0990  On this day in history 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 this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies