Famous Personalities Born In August - 23

0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

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   

1754  On August - 23 birth of louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

1769  On this day in history birth of georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)   

1773  On August - 23 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  On this day in history birth of juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

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

1818  On this day in history birth of rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

1829  On August - 23 birth of moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

1832  On this day in history 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  William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932) was born on this day in history.   

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

1847  Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) was born on August - 23.   

1849  On August - 23 birth of william Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)   

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 August - 23.   

1854  Moritz Moszkowski, composer was born on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

1869  On this day in history birth of edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]   

1869  James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer was born on August - 23.   

1875  On this day in history birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)   

1875  On this day in history birth of eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)   

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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  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

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