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 September - 23.  

0965  On September - 23 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  Death of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) on September - 23.  

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

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)  

1605  On September - 23 death of pontus de Tyard, French poet  

1624  Willem Pietersz Buytewech, painter/etcher, dies at about 32 on September - 23.  

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

1694  On September - 23 francesco Passarini, composer, dies at 57  

1700  Nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59 on September - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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1158  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) was born on this day in history.  

1161  Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) was born on September - 23.  

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 this day in history birth of louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange  

1591  Michael Lohr, composer was born on September - 23.  

1596  Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher was born on September - 23.  

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