Famous Personalities Born In December - 23

1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

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

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

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 December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

1613  Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1621  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 birth of joseph Gibbs, composer   

1709  On this day in history birth of jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

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

1716  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer was born on December - 23.   

1732  On December - 23 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  On this day in history birth of frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)   

1758  On December - 23 birth of nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York   

1763  John Davy, composer was born on December - 23.   

1777  On December - 23 birth of aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)   

1780  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher   

1790  Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics was born on December - 23.   

1795  On this day in history birth of philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)   

1804  Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk) was born on this day in history.   

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

1808  Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 was born on December - 23.   

1812  On this day in history birth of samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)   

1812  On this day in history 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 December - 23.   

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

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

0910  On this day in history death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

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

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 December - 23.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.