Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.  

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.  

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony  

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.  

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

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle  

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  

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

1519  On this day in history death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  

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

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

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.  

1628  Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on August - 23.  

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

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies  

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  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on this day in history.  

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on August - 23.  

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

1831  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70  

1839  On August - 23 charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57  

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on this day in history.  

1867  Death of Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.  

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1892  On August - 23 death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)  

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  On August - 23 death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks  

1926  On August - 23 rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31  

1927  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on August - 23.  

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.  

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.  

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

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  

1623  Stanisław 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)