Famous Birthdays In August - 23
Friday, 26 July 2024
0686 On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
1486 On August - 23 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 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on August - 23.
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 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.
1740 On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1741 On August - 23 birth of jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
1751 Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer was born on August - 23.
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 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 On this day in history birth of anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) was born on this day in history.
1814 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on August - 23.
1818 On this day in history birth of rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1829 Moritz B Cantor, German math historian was born on August - 23.
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 August - 23 birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
1846 Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.
1847 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of moritz Moszkowski, composer
1864 Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32) was born on August - 23.
1867 On this day in history birth of marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants)
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 August - 23 birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
1875 Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946) was born on August - 23.