Famous Birthdays In May - 23
Sunday, 01 October 2023
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 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.
1606 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1644 On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.
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 On May - 23 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 this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on this day in history.
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on May - 23.
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 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on May - 23.
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 May - 23.
1813 On this day in history 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 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 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 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on this day in history.