Famous Deaths Happened In April - 23

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

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  On April - 23 ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  On April - 23 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 April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.   

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.   

1407  On April - 23 death of olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)   

1416  On this day in history blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies   

1616  On this day in history miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69   

1625  Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1670  On April - 23 loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69   

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on April - 23.   

1695  Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 on April - 23.   

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 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  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  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  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 April - 23 death of jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)   

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

1850  On April - 23 william Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

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

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)