Famous Birthdays In 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 May - 23.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer   

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

1753  On May - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1795  On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect   

1799  Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  On this day in history birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  On May - 23 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  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 23 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  Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer was born on this day in history.   

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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 May - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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

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