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 this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

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

1544  On this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  On December - 23 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  Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678) was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

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

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

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

1714  Johann Siebenkas, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1758  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1804  Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk) was born on December - 23.   

1805  On this day in history birth of joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)   

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

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

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  On December - 23 birth of david Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

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0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.   

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

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  On this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies