Famous Deaths In April - 23

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

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded  

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 this day in history 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  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  On April - 23 death of king Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83  

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1740  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on April - 23.  

1742  Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 on April - 23.  

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

1774  On April - 23 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

1781  On this day in history death of james Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)  

1786  Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

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

1794  On April - 23 death of guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)  

1812  Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 on April - 23.  

1827  On April - 23 johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65  

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

1839  On this day in history death of jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)  

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

1850  On this day in history 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  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.  

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

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

1484  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)