Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia  

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

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

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 December - 23.  

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

1568  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.  

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

1631  Death of Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563) on December - 23.  

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

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  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  On December - 23 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  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 December - 23.  

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

1537  On this day in history 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  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.  

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.