Famous Birthdays In May - 23

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on this day in history.   

1707  Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1710  On this day in history birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on May - 23.   

1729  On May - 23 birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  On this day in history birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)   

1735  On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  On this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1753  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.   

1759  On this day in history birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1790  Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on May - 23.   

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect   

1799  On May - 23 birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  On May - 23 birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  On May - 23 birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  On May - 23 birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)   

1820  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1828  Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.   

1843  Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer was born on May - 23.   

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1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27