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  On September - 23 koenraad I, German duke/king (911-18), dies at 42  

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  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  On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47  

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

1573  On this day in history death of azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)  

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

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  Death of Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655) on this day in history.  

1738  Hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1773  On this day in history death of johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)  

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

1780  Death of John Andre, hanged as a British spy at 29 on this day in history.  

1789  Death of John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1844  Death of Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783) on September - 23.  

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

1847  On September - 23 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  Death of Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803) on this day in history.  

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

1873  Death of Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823) on this day in history.  

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

1889  On this day in history william W Collins, English writer (Moonstone), dies  

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1158  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1434  Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) was born on this day in history.  

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 September - 23 birth of joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher  

1598  Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) was born on September - 23.