Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded  

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent  

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.  

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.  

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.  

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies  

1151  On this day in history death of queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)  

1217  Death of King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185) on this day in history.  

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1407  On April - 23 death of olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)  

1416  Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies on April - 23.  

1616  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 on April - 23.  

1625  On this day in history maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57  

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on April - 23.  

1691  On this day in history jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies  

1695  Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 on April - 23.  

1702  On April - 23 death of margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)  

1728  On April - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83  

1732  On this day in history cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63  

1740  On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies  

1742  On April - 23 mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62  

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1774  Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1781  On April - 23 death of james Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)  

1786  Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1792  Death of Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741) on April - 23.  

1794  Death of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721) on April - 23.  

1812  On April - 23 franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85  

1827  On April - 23 johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65  

1838  On April - 23 john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75  

1839  On this day in history death of jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)  

1847  On April - 23 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64  

1850  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.  

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.  

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France  

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.  

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.  

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.  

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.  

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)