Famous Deaths In September - 23

0079  On September - 23 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  Death of Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered on this day in history.  

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

1390  On September - 23 death of john I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)  

1535  On September - 23 death of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)  

1541  Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1571  Death of John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522) on this day in history.  

1573  On September - 23 death of azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)  

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

1624  On this day in history willem Pietersz Buytewech, painter/etcher, dies at about 32  

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 September - 23.  

1728  On this day in history death of christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)  

1738  Hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69 on September - 23.  

1764  On this day in history death of robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)  

1773  Death of Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1778  Balthazar Huydecoper, translator/historian, dies at 83 on September - 23.  

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

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

1797  Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57 on September - 23.  

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 September - 23.  

1844  Death of Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783) on this day in history.  

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

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

1850  On September - 23 death of josé Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764)  

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

1871  On this day in history alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45  

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

1877  Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies on September - 23.  

1889  On September - 23 william W Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies  

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

1161  On this day in history birth of emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)  

1215  Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) was born on September - 23.  

1434  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)