Famous Deaths Happened In October - 23
Monday, 16 February 2026
0930 Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on this day in history. 

1260 On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered 

1450 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23. 

1456 Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on this day in history. 

1550 On October - 23 death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) 

1581 Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on October - 23. 

1602 Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on this day in history. 

1616 Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on October - 23. 

1688 Death of Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610) on October - 23. 

1730 Death of Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683) on October - 23. 

1753 On October - 23 columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 

1764 Death of Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683) on October - 23. 

1774 On October - 23 death of michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715) 

1782 On this day in history joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 

1799 On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 

1801 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 on October - 23. 

1806 Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 on October - 23. 

1869 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1872 Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 on October - 23. 

1885 Death of Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829) on October - 23. 

1886 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67 on October - 23. 

1890 On this day in history karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies 

1892 Death of Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52 on October - 23. 

1899 W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle on October - 23. 

1901 On October - 23 georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies 

1903 Francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66 on October - 23. 

1910 Death of Chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853) on October - 23. 

1915 On this day in history w G Grace, British cricketer, dies 

1921 John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81 on October - 23. 

1925 On this day in history vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50 

1928 On October - 23 f A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies 

1929 On this day in history thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74 

1935 Death of Abe Landau, US gangster, murdered on this day in history. 

1936 On this day in history (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80 

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