Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.  

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.  

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.  

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on December - 23.  

1556  On this day in history death of nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)  

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1568  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history death of st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible  

1575  Death of Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531) on December - 23.  

1588  On this day in history death of hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37  

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1631  On December - 23 death of michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)  

1646  Death of François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582) on December - 23.  

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1675  Death of Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602) on December - 23.  

1688  On this day in history jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21  

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.  

1722  On December - 23 death of pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)  

1761  Death of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on this day in history.  

1771  On December - 23 death of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)  

1779  Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724) on December - 23.  

1789  On this day in history death of charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712)  

1793  Death of Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699) on December - 23.  

1795  On December - 23 death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)  

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on December - 23.  

1812  On this day in history michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73  

1834  Death of Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766) on this day in history.  

1846  On December - 23 death of jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)  

1891  Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 on December - 23.  

1908  Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 on December - 23.  

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.