Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Saturday, 23 January 2021
1052 On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.
1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.
1606 On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
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 this day in history.
1707 On this day in history birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
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 Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on this day in history.
1737 On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on May - 23.
1756 On May - 23 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 this day in history.
1794 On May - 23 birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 Charles Barry, architect was born on May - 23.
1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.
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 this day in history.
1820 On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
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 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 this day in history.