Famous Deaths Happened 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 August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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

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

1618  On this day in history gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

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  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on August - 23.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1825  On August - 23 amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

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

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

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on August - 23.   

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

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

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  Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1914  Death of Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks on August - 23.   

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

1927  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on August - 23.   

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

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