Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 23

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

1865  On April - 23 james Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24   

1878  Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies   

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  Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies on April - 23.   

1897  Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 on April - 23.   

1905  Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

1915  On this day in history rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27   

1918  On this day in history percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies   

1925  On this day in history andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45   

1926  Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies on April - 23.   

1929  On April - 23 rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28   

1936  On April - 23 death of teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)   

1942  On this day in history marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73   

1945  Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1946  Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies on April - 23.   

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 April - 23 cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies   

1965  On April - 23 josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67   

1969  Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37 on April - 23.   

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

1971  William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 on April - 23.   

1973  On April - 23 otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85   

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

1976  On April - 23 james Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69   

1979  On April - 23 death of blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)   

1980  On April - 23 jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72   

1981  On April - 23 death of josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)   

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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 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 April - 23.   

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

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.