Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 23

1853  Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on April - 23.   

1880  Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies on April - 23.   

1885  On this day in history william Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73   

1889  Death of Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808) on April - 23.   

1895  On April - 23 karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies   

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 23 karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54   

1907  Death of Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842) on April - 23.   

1915  On April - 23 rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27   

1918  Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies on April - 23.   

1925  Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45 on April - 23.   

1926  On April - 23 joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies   

1929  Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 on this day in history.   

1936  Death of Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889) on this day in history.   

1942  On April - 23 marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73   

1945  Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42 on April - 23.   

1946  On this day in history jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68   

1951  Death of Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies   

1955  Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 on April - 23.   

1957  On April - 23 william Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89   

1960  On this day in history cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies   

1965  On this day in history josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67   

1969  Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 23 herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51   

1971  On April - 23 william Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76   

1973  Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 on April - 23.   

1975  On April - 23 death of pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27   

1976  On this day in history james Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69   

1979  On this day in history death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)   

1980  On this day in history jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72   

1981  Death of Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897) on this day in history.   

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1170  On April - 23 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 this day in history.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

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 April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)