Famous Deaths In April - 23

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton  

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  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.  

0997  On this day in history vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40  

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

1416  On April - 23 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  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  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 on April - 23.  

1732  On this day in history cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63  

1740  On April - 23 thomas Tickell, poet, dies  

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

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on April - 23.  

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 April - 23 alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68  

1792  Death of Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741) on this day in history.  

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

1812  On this day in history 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 April - 23.  

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

1847  On April - 23 erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64  

1850  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on April - 23.  

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.  

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician  

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

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