Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on this day in history.  

0303  On April - 23 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 April - 23.  

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 April - 23.  

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

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

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1407  On this day in history death of olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)  

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

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

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

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on April - 23.  

1695  On this day in history henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72  

1702  Death of Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614) on April - 23.  

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 April - 23.  

1774  On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

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

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 April - 23.  

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

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

1847  On this day in history erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64  

1850  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on April - 23.  

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)  

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

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

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer  

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  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.