Famous Birthdays In May - 23

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

1606  On May - 23 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history 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  Louis Francois Chambray, composer was born on May - 23.  

1741  On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer  

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  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect  

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

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 May - 23 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 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  On May - 23 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.  

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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 this day in history.  

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer  

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.  

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

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.  

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