Famous Deaths In April - 23

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

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.  

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent  

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on this day in history.  

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on April - 23.  

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  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on April - 23.  

1151  Death of Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103) on April - 23.  

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

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1407  On this day in history death of olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)  

1416  Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies on this day in history.  

1616  On this day in history 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  On April - 23 loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69  

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 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  On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies  

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

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 April - 23.  

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

1794  On this day in history 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  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  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  William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 on April - 23.  

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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 April - 23.  

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer  

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  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.