Famous Deaths 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 December - 23.  

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

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1230  On December - 23 death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

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

1502  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1575  On December - 23 death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)  

1588  Death of Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.  

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  On this day in history death of françois Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)  

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

1675  Death of Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602) on this day in history.  

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.  

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

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

1761  Death of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on December - 23.  

1771  Death of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701) on December - 23.  

1779  Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730) on December - 23.  

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history death of jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)  

1891  On this day in history holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

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

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  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  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.  

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