Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

1707  On this day in history birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1707  Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on May - 23.   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on this day in history.   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on this day in history.   

1734  On May - 23 birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)   

1735  On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer was born on this day in history.   

1741  On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  On May - 23 birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1756  On May - 23 birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  On this day in history birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1790  On May - 23 birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)   

1794  On this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect   

1799  Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.   

1812  Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on this day in history.   

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  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 23 birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on May - 23.   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

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1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27