Famous Deaths In July - 23

0945  On July - 23 richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies  

1227  On July - 23 death of qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148)  

1373  Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies on this day in history.  

1403  On this day in history death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39  

1531  On July - 23 death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers  

1568  On July - 23 don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23  

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on July - 23.  

1584  Death of John Day, English printer (b. 1522) on July - 23.  

1645  On July - 23 michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies  

1685  Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 on July - 23.  

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1690  On this day in history richard Gibson, minature painter, dies  

1692  On July - 23 death of gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)  

1727  On July - 23 death of simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain  

1757  On July - 23 giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71  

1764  On July - 23 death of gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703)  

1773  Death of George Edwards, English naturalist (b. 1693) on July - 23.  

1781  Death of John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724) on July - 23.  

1793  Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1803  Death of Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered on this day in history.  

1816  Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1829  Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1840  On July - 23 frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55  

1844  Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office on this day in history.  

1853  Death of Andries Pretorius, Boer leader (b. 1798) on July - 23.  

1866  On July - 23 thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83  

1875  Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1878  Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1885  Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 on July - 23.  

1904  On this day in history john Simon, public health pioneer, dies  

1905  On this day in history jean-Jacques, painter, dies  

1909  On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65  

1916  William Ramsey, chemist, dies on this day in history.  

1920  On July - 23 death of conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)  

1924  On July - 23 death of frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)  

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0645  Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683) was born on July - 23.  

1301  On this day in history birth of duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)  

1339  Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) was born on July - 23.  

1401  On this day in history birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  On this day in history birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)  

1659  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer was born on July - 23.  

1705  Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) was born on July - 23.  

1734  Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] was born on July - 23.