Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

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  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on May - 23.   

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  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on this day in history.   

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer was born on this day in history.   

1741  On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.   

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

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect   

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

1812  On May - 23 birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  On May - 23 birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on May - 23.   

1820  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on May - 23.   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 23.   

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 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  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

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

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

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