Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)  

0634  On this day in history aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies  

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

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.  

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.  

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle  

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.  

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

1519  Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on August - 23.  

1540  On August - 23 death of guillaume Budé, French scholar  

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1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.  

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.  

1628  On August - 23 death of george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36  

1652  Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on August - 23.  

1668  On this day in history 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 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  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  On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81  

1831  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70  

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 23 death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)  

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  On August - 23 rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31  

1927  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on August - 23.  

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

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.  

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)  

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  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.