Famous Deaths In August - 23
Thursday, 30 March 2023
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 Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.
1176 Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.
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 this day in history.
1507 Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.
1519 Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on August - 23.
1540 Death of Guillaume Budé, French scholar on August - 23.
1591 On August - 23 luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies
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 August - 23.
1652 On this day in history death of john Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)
1668 On this day in history artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies
1706 On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
1723 On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
1777 Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1802 Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
1806 On this day in history 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 Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.
1831 August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on August - 23.
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 On August - 23 death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
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 August - 23.
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 August - 23.
1927 On August - 23 death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass
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