Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on this day in history.   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)   

1710  On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  On May - 23 birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

1729  On May - 23 birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  On May - 23 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  On this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

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

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.   

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

1790  Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.   

1794  On May - 23 birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

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

1799  On this day in history birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

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 this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

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 May - 23.   

1828  On this day in history birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.   

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

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

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

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

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27