Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.  

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on this day in history.  

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.  

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  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72  

1519  Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on August - 23.  

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

Advertisements

1591  On this day in history luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies  

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

1628  On this day in history death of george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36  

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  Death of Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) on August - 23.  

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

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1813  On this day in history death of alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766)  

1819  On August - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

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 August - 23 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77  

1892  On this day in history death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)  

1898  On this day in history joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82  

1903  On this day in history paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75  

1914  On this day in history death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks  

1926  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on August - 23.  

1927  On August - 23 death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

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 this day in history.  

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

1623  On August - 23 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 this day in history.  

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