Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23
Saturday, 24 May 2025
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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