Famous Deaths Happened In December - 23

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

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

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

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

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 this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

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  Death of Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504) on December - 23.   

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

1569  On December - 23 death of st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1575  On this day in history death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)   

1588  Death of Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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

1789  On December - 23 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 this day in history death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)   

1805  On December - 23 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  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 December - 23 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  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 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  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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