Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Friday, 12 August 2022
1052 King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.
1100 On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1598 On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1617 On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.
1696 On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer
1707 Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on May - 23.
1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.
1710 On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718 William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.
1729 On May - 23 birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
1734 On this day in history birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 On this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on May - 23.
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.
1756 On May - 23 birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759 On May - 23 birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
1790 On May - 23 birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1794 On May - 23 birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 Charles Barry, architect was born on this day in history.
1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.
1812 On May - 23 birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.
1820 James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on this day in history.
1820 On May - 23 birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer was born on this day in history.
1834 Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on May - 23.
1837 On May - 23 birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892