Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.  

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.  

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40  

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

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

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

1416  On April - 23 blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies  

1616  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72  

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

1728  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 on April - 23.  

1732  On April - 23 cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63  

1740  On April - 23 thomas Tickell, poet, dies  

1742  Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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 April - 23.  

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

1794  On this day in history death of guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)  

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

1827  Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 on April - 23.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

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

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer  

1484  On April - 23 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 April - 23.  

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.