Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.  

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

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  On May - 23 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  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.  

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

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

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

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  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on this day in history.  

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on May - 23.  

1737  On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer  

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on May - 23.  

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  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer  

1759  On May - 23 birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer  

1790  Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on May - 23.  

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.  

1795  Charles Barry, architect was born on May - 23.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on May - 23.  

1820  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.  

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.  

1828  Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on May - 23.  

1832  On May - 23 birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer  

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.  

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1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.  

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

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.  

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

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45  

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 May - 23.  

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