Famous Deaths In April - 23

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

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  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.  

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40  

1014  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)  

1217  On this day in history death of king Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)  

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

1416  Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies on April - 23.  

1616  On April - 23 miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69  

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

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

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

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  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on April - 23.  

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

1762  On April - 23 johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67  

1774  Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on April - 23.  

1781  On April - 23 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  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  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 April - 23.  

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

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

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

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.  

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  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.  

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