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 August - 23.  

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony  

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.  

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  

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

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72  

1519  On this day in history death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1652  Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on this day in history.  

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on August - 23.  

1706  Death of Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) on this day in history.  

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.  

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on August - 23.  

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.  

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

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

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1867  Death of Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.  

1878  On August - 23 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77  

1892  Death of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) on August - 23.  

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

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

1927  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on August - 23.  

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.  

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat  

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

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  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  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.