Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on this day in history.   

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72   

1519  On August - 23 death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

1540  On this day in history death of guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1591  On August - 23 luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies   

1618  On August - 23 gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

1628  On August - 23 death of george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36   

1652  On this day in history death of john Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)   

1668  On this day in history artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

1706  Death of Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) on August - 23.   

1723  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1777  On August - 23 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1813  On August - 23 death of alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)   

1819  On August - 23 oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1831  On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1853  On August - 23 death of alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)   

1867  Death of Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) on August - 23.   

1878  On this day in history adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77   

1892  Death of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on August - 23.   

1903  On this day in history paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75   

1914  Death of Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  On August - 23 death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

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0686  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.