Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23
Tuesday, 02 December 2025
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 this day in history. 

1176 On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) 

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 Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history. 

1507 On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 

1519 Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on this day in history. 

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

1591 Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on this day in history. 

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 August - 23 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 this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 

1802 On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 

1806 On August - 23 charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 

1813 On August - 23 death of alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) 

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

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 On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 

1853 On this day in history death of alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) 

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

1898 On August - 23 joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 

1903 Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 on August - 23. 

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

1926 Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on this day in history. 

1927 Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history. 

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