Famous Personalities Born 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 this day in history.   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on May - 23.   

1707  On May - 23 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  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  On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

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

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

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.   

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

1794  On this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer   

1795  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On May - 23 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  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on May - 23.   

1837  On this day in history 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  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

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

1523  On this day in history 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