Famous Deaths Happened 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 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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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

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

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

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  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)