Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
1052 King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.
1100 On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)
1598 On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1617 Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.
1620 On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer
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 Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on May - 23.
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 May - 23.
1735 On this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 Louis Francois Chambray, composer was born on this day in history.
1741 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1756 On May - 23 birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on May - 23.
1790 On this day in history birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1794 On May - 23 birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 Charles Barry, architect was born on this day in history.
1799 On May - 23 birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
1812 Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on May - 23.
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 this day in history.
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 May - 23 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 this day in history.
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.