Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

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

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

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

1707  Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on May - 23.   

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  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 this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1756  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on this day in history.   

1790  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

1812  On May - 23 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  On this day in history birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)   

1828  On this day in history birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer was born on May - 23.   

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.   

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

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

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 May - 23.