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  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1675  On December - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

1771  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1795  Death of Henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730) on this day in history.  

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

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  Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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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 December - 23.  

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1544  On this day in history 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 December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"