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  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.  

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

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87  

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.  

1151  Death of Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103) on this day in history.  

1217  On this day in history 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  Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies on this day in history.  

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

1625  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 on April - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history death of margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)  

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

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

1740  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on April - 23.  

1742  On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62  

1762  On April - 23 johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67  

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

1792  On April - 23 death of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)  

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

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on April - 23.  

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

1838  John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1839  Death of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768) on April - 23.  

1847  Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 on April - 23.  

1850  On this day in history william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80  

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1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

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