Famous Birthdays In December - 23

1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.   

1613  On December - 23 birth of carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)   

1621  On this day in history birth of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)   

1621  On this day in history birth of heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)   

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history birth of joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer   

1699  Joseph Gibbs, composer was born on December - 23.   

1709  On this day in history birth of jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  On this day in history birth of johann Siebenkas, composer   

1716  On December - 23 birth of johann Heinrich Rolle, composer   

1732  Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) was born on December - 23.   

1743  On December - 23 birth of ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)   

1749  On this day in history birth of johann Lukas Schubaur, composer   

1750  Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) was born on December - 23.   

1758  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York was born on December - 23.   

1763  On this day in history birth of john Davy, composer   

1777  On this day in history birth of aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)   

1780  On December - 23 birth of charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher   

1790  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics   

1795  Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel) was born on December - 23.   

1804  On December - 23 birth of charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)   

1805  On this day in history birth of joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)   

1808  On this day in history birth of thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883   

1812  On this day in history birth of samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)   

1812  William Hauser, composer was born on December - 23.   

1815  On this day in history birth of henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat   

1818  David Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on December - 23.   

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0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  On this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.