Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  On August - 23 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  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  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 August - 23.  

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

1618  On August - 23 gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33  

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 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 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  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  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on August - 23.  

1819  On this day in history oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday  

1825  On August - 23 amos Bull, composer, dies at 81  

1831  On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70  

1839  On August - 23 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  Death of Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) on August - 23.  

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1892  Death of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) on this day in history.  

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

1903  On August - 23 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  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass  

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

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 August - 23.  

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.  

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.  

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.  

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