Famous Deaths Happened In September - 23
Saturday, 14 February 2026
0079 On September - 23 death of pope Linus 

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

0918 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history. 

1541 On September - 23 philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 

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) 

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 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 On September - 23 nicolaus Adam Strungk, composer, dies at 59 

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

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

1764 On September - 23 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 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 this day in history. 

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 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 this day in history. 

1870 Death of Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803) on September - 23. 

1871 Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 on September - 23. 

1873 On September - 23 death of jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823) 

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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