Famous Birthdays In December - 23

1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.  

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.  

1613  Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676) was born on December - 23.  

1621  On this day in history birth of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)  

1621  On December - 23 birth of heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)  

1644  On December - 23 birth of tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer  

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer was born on this day in history.  

1699  Joseph Gibbs, composer was born on December - 23.  

1709  Jean-Noel Hamal, composer was born on this day in history.  

1714  On December - 23 birth of johann Siebenkas, composer  

1716  On December - 23 birth of johann Heinrich Rolle, composer  

1732  On December - 23 birth of richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)  

1743  Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803) was born on December - 23.  

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer was born on this day in history.  

1750  Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) was born on December - 23.  

1758  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York was born on December - 23.  

1763  On this day in history birth of john Davy, composer  

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) was born on December - 23.  

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher was born on December - 23.  

1790  On December - 23 birth of jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics  

1795  On December - 23 birth of philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)  

1804  On this day in history birth of charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)  

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church) was born on December - 23.  

1808  On this day in history birth of thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883  

1812  On December - 23 birth of samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)  

1812  On December - 23 birth of william Hauser, composer  

1815  On this day in history birth of henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat  

1818  David Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

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0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.  

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.  

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies