Famous Deaths In January - 23

1002  Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 on January - 23.  

1199  On this day in history death of yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)  

1356  Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies on this day in history.  

1516  On January - 23 ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63  

1548  Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 on January - 23.  

1549  On this day in history death of johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)  

1567  Death of Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) on January - 23.  

1622  On January - 23 william Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38  

1639  Death of Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake on January - 23.  

1648  On this day in history francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40  

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1708  On this day in history thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80  

1744  On this day in history death of giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)  

1785  On January - 23 death of matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)  

1789  Death of Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724) on January - 23.  

1800  Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1803  Death of Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725) on this day in history.  

1805  On this day in history vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63  

1806  On January - 23 william Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46  

1812  On January - 23 death of robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764)  

1813  George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1814  Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1820  Death of Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn on January - 23.  

1833  On January - 23 death of edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)  

1837  John Field, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1838  On January - 23 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

1845  Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77 on January - 23.  

1864  On January - 23 michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50  

1866  On January - 23 death of thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)  

1875  On January - 23 charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55  

1879  Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1883  Death of Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832) on January - 23.  

1891  On this day in history boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21  

1893  Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75 on January - 23.  

1898  W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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1350  Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419) was born on January - 23.  

1574  Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.  

1582  On January - 23 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)  

1688  On this day in history birth of queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741)  

1719  John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)  

1745  On January - 23 birth of william Jessop, English canal engineer (d. 1814)  

1752  On this day in history birth of muzio Clementi, Italian composer