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 this day in history birth of john Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872   

1821  Pierre Dupont, song writer was born on April - 23.   

1823  Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history birth of johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

1828  On April - 23 birth of albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter was born on April - 23.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)   

1872  On this day in history birth of violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1882  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 birth of georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)   

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

1890  On this day in history birth of donald Nichols Tweedy, composer   

1890  On this day in history birth of marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)   

1891  On this day in history birth of sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)   

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  On April - 23 birth of basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)   

1894  On this day in history birth of george Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X)   

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

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0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.   

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  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.   

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.