Famous Birthdays In August - 23

0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.  

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat  

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on this day in history.  

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  

1623  Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.  

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer  

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.  

1741  On this day in history birth of jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)  

1751  On August - 23 birth of louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer  

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1754  On this day in history birth of louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined  

1769  On August - 23 birth of georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)  

1773  On this day in history birth of jakob F Fries, German philosopher  

1783  William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852) was born on August - 23.  

1805  Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.  

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) was born on this day in history.  

1814  On August - 23 birth of james Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877)  

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history birth of moritz B Cantor, German math historian  

1832  On August - 23 birth of alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888  

1836  On this day in history birth of marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)  

1843  On this day in history birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)  

1846  On August - 23 birth of alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)  

1847  On this day in history birth of sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)  

1849  William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.  

1852  Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883) was born on August - 23.  

1852  Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history birth of moritz Moszkowski, composer  

1864  Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32) was born on this day in history.  

1867  Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants) was born on this day in history.  

1869  On August - 23 birth of edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]  

1869  James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer was born on this day in history.  

1875  William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.  

1875  Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946) was born on August - 23.  

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0093  On August - 23 death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)  

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies  

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony  

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.  

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.  

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72