Famous Deaths In September - 23

0079  On this day in history death of pope Linus  

0775  Constantine V Copronymus, Emperor of Byzantium (720-75), dies on this day in history.  

0918  On this day in history koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42  

0965  On September - 23 death of aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered  

1241  Death of Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) on September - 23.  

1390  Death of John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) on September - 23.  

1535  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on this day in history.  

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on September - 23.  

1571  On this day in history death of john Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)  

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

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1605  On this day in history death of pontus de Tyard, French poet  

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

1675  Death of Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603) on September - 23.  

1694  On this day in history francesco Passarini, composer, dies at 57  

1700  Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1738  On September - 23 hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69  

1764  Death of Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703) on this day in history.  

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

1778  Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1780  On this day in history death of john Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29  

1789  On September - 23 death of john Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)  

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

1835  On September - 23 vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (Norma), dies at 33  

1837  On September - 23 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

1844  On this day in history death of alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)  

1846  Death of John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818) on September - 23.  

1847  Henri MG earl the Merode, Belg revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) on this day in history.  

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

1870  On September - 23 death of prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)  

1871  Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1873  Death of Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823) on September - 23.  

1877  On this day in history urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies  

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

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1158  On September - 23 birth of geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)  

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on this day in history.  

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on this day in history.  

1434  On this day in history birth of yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)  

1555  On September - 23 birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

1591  On this day in history birth of michael Lohr, composer  

1596  On this day in history birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher  

1598  On September - 23 birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)