Famous Birthdays In December - 23

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

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1513  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

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

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.  

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

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

1613  On this day in history birth of carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)  

1621  On December - 23 birth of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)  

1621  Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer was born on this day in history.  

1689  On December - 23 birth of joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer  

1699  On this day in history birth of joseph Gibbs, composer  

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

1714  On this day in history birth of johann Siebenkas, composer  

1716  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Rolle, composer  

1732  On this day in history birth of richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)  

1743  On December - 23 birth of ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)  

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer was born on December - 23.  

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  John Davy, composer was born on this day in history.  

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) was born on this day in history.  

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher was born on this day in history.  

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

1795  Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel) was born on December - 23.  

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

1805  On December - 23 birth of joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)  

1808  On December - 23 birth of thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883  

1812  Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) was born on this day in history.  

1812  On December - 23 birth of william Hauser, composer  

1815  Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat was born on December - 23.  

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

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0558  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

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  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.