Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
1052 King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on 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 May - 23.
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.
1617 Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.
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 May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer
1707 Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on May - 23.
1707 On this day in history 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 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on May - 23.
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 May - 23.
1741 Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 On May - 23 birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on May - 23.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.
1824 On this day in history birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.