Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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

1151  On April - 23 death of queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)   

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

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

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 April - 23.   

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 April - 23.   

1695  On April - 23 henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72   

1702  On this day in history death of margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)   

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

1794  Death of Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721) on April - 23.   

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

1827  Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 23.   

1850  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  On April - 23 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.