Famous Deaths In April - 23

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

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.  

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1625  On April - 23 maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57  

1670  On April - 23 loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69  

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  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83  

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on April - 23.  

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

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

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

1774  Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1781  Death of James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) on April - 23.  

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  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  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 April - 23.  

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

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

1850  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.  

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer  

1484  On this day in history 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 April - 23.