Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

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

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

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1556  Death of Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504) on this day in history.  

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

1569  Death of St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.  

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 December - 23.  

1631  Death of Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563) on this day in history.  

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

1652  On this day in history 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 December - 23.  

1696  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60  

1722  Death of Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654) on December - 23.  

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 this day in history death of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)  

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

1793  On this day in history death of johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)  

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  On December - 23 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 this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72  

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

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.  

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 December - 23.  

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.  

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