Famous Deaths In August - 23

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

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies  

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

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)  

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded  

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

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

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

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

1540  Death of Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.  

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

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 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  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  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  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1878  On August - 23 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.  

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

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 this day in history.  

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.  

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)