Famous Deaths In April - 23

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

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

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

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

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

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

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

1016  On April - 23 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.  

1407  Death of Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326) on April - 23.  

1416  On this day in history 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 this day in history maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57  

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

1691  On this day in history jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies  

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

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

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

1742  On April - 23 mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62  

1762  On this day in history johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67  

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

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

1786  On this day in history alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68  

1792  Death of Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741) on April - 23.  

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 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 April - 23.  

1839  Death of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768) on this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)  

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on this day in history.  

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

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23.