Famous Deaths Happened In December - 23

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies   

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

1556  On December - 23 death of nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)   

1568  On this day in history death of roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England   

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 December - 23 death of hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1619  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1631  On this day in history death of michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)   

1646  Death of François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582) on this day in history.   

1652  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1675  On this day in history death of caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

1696  On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

1722  Death of Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

1761  On December - 23 death of alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy   

1771  On this day in history death of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)   

1779  On December - 23 death of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)   

1789  Death of Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712) on December - 23.   

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

1795  On this day in history death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)   

1805  On this day in history death of pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)   

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1834  On December - 23 death of thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)   

1846  Death of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780) on December - 23.   

1891  On December - 23 holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81   

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

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

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 December - 23.   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

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

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"