Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

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

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.  

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

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

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

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on April - 23.  

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

1217  On April - 23 death of king Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)  

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1407  Death of Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326) on this day in history.  

1416  On this day in history blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies  

1616  On this day in history miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69  

1625  On April - 23 maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57  

1670  On this day in history loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69  

1691  On April - 23 jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies  

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

1702  Death of Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614) on this day in history.  

1728  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1740  On April - 23 thomas Tickell, poet, dies  

1742  Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 on April - 23.  

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on April - 23.  

1774  On April - 23 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

1781  Death of James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) on this day in history.  

1786  On April - 23 alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68  

1792  Death of Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741) on this day in history.  

1794  Death of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721) on this day in history.  

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1827  Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1839  On April - 23 death of jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)  

1847  Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1850  On April - 23 william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80  

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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 this day in history.  

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.  

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer  

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)  

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician  

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

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)