Famous Birthdays In August - 23
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0686 On August - 23 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 Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.
1724 On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1727 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.
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 this day in history birth of louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer
1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined was born on this day in history.
1769 On August - 23 birth of georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)
1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher was born on this day in history.
1783 William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.
1805 Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893) was born on August - 23.
1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) was born on August - 23.
1814 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history birth of rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1829 On this day in history birth of moritz B Cantor, German math historian
1832 Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 was born on August - 23.
1836 On this day in history birth of marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
1843 On August - 23 birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
1846 Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923) was born on August - 23.
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 August - 23.
1852 Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883) was born on August - 23.
1852 ClÃmaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913) was born on August - 23.
1854 On August - 23 birth of moritz Moszkowski, composer
1864 On August - 23 birth of eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32)
1867 Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants) was born on this day in history.
1869 Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23] was born on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history birth of james (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
1875 On August - 23 birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
1875 On August - 23 birth of eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)