Famous Birthdays In December - 23

1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.  

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

1537  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.  

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)  

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1621  On this day in history birth of heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)  

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

1689  On this day in history birth of joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer  

1699  On December - 23 birth of joseph Gibbs, composer  

1709  Jean-Noel Hamal, composer was born on December - 23.  

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

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

1732  Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) was born on December - 23.  

1743  Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.  

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

1750  On December - 23 birth of frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)  

1758  On this day in history birth of nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York  

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

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

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

1790  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics  

1795  On this day in history 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  On December - 23 birth of joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)  

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

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

1812  On December - 23 birth of william Hauser, composer  

1815  Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history birth of david Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

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

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

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

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia  

0918  On December - 23 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 December - 23 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