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 August - 23.   

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.   

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

1540  On August - 23 death of guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1628  Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on this day in history.   

1652  Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on August - 23.   

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1802  On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

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

1813  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on August - 23.   

1819  On this day in history oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on August - 23.   

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

1867  On this day in history death of auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)   

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 August - 23.   

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

1903  Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 on August - 23.   

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  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

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  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

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

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)