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 April - 23 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  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.  

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  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 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 this day in history henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72  

1702  Death of Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614) on April - 23.  

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

1732  On April - 23 cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63  

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

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

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 April - 23.  

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

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 April - 23.  

1839  Death of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768) on April - 23.  

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

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 this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France  

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  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on this day in history.  

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.