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 this day in history.  

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.  

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)  

1305  On August - 23 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 August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72  

1519  On August - 23 death of philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  

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

1628  On this day in history death of george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36  

1652  On this day in history death of john Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)  

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies  

1706  Death of Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) on August - 23.  

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.  

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

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

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  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70  

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57  

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on August - 23.  

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 August - 23.  

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75  

1914  On August - 23 death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks  

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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0686  On this day in history 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  Stanisław 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 August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer  

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)