Famous Deaths In September - 23

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus  

0775  On September - 23 constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies  

0918  Koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

0965  On this day in history death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered  

1241  On September - 23 death of snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)  

1390  On this day in history death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)  

1535  On this day in history death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)  

1541  On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47  

1571  On September - 23 death of john Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)  

1573  Death of Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

1605  Death of Pontus de Tyard, French poet on this day in history.  

1624  Willem Pietersz Buytewech, painter/etcher, dies at about 32 on this day in history.  

1675  On this day in history death of valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)  

1694  Francesco Passarini, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1700  On this day in history nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59  

1728  On September - 23 death of christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)  

1738  On this day in history hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69  

1764  Death of Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703) on September - 23.  

1773  Death of Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718) on September - 23.  

1778  On this day in history balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83  

1780  Death of John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29 on September - 23.  

1789  On this day in history death of john Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)  

1797  On this day in history johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57  

1835  On this day in history vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33  

1837  Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1844  On September - 23 death of alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)  

1846  On September - 23 death of john Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)  

1847  On this day in history henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65)  

1850  Death of José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764) on September - 23.  

1870  On this day in history death of prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)  

1871  On September - 23 alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45  

1873  On this day in history death of jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)  

1877  On September - 23 urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies  

1889  William W Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies on September - 23.  

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1158  On this day in history birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)  

1161  On September - 23 birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)  

1215  On September - 23 birth of kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)  

1434  On September - 23 birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)  

1555  Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange was born on this day in history.  

1591  On September - 23 birth of michael Lohr, composer  

1596  On September - 23 birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher  

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.