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 this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent  

0871  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87  

1016  On this day in history 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 April - 23.  

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

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  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1740  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68  

1792  On this day in history death of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)  

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

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

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

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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.