Famous Deaths Happened 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 August - 23.   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.   

1519  Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on this day in history.   

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

1652  On August - 23 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 this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1802  On this day in history corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

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

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

1853  On August - 23 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  Death of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) on this day in history.   

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on August - 23.   

1903  On August - 23 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 this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

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

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  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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