Famous Birthdays In 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  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  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1707  On this day in history birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)   

1710  On this day in history birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  On this day in history birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

1729  On this day in history birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

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

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1754  On May - 23 birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

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

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on May - 23.   

1790  On this day in history birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)   

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on May - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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  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 May - 23.   

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

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

1837  On May - 23 birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

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

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1125  On May - 23 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  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

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

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.