Famous Deaths In August - 23

0093  On August - 23 death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.   

1519  Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on this day in history.   

1540  On August - 23 death of guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1591  On August - 23 luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1628  Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on this day in history.   

1652  On August - 23 death of john Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)   

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

1802  On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1813  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on this day in history.   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on this day in history.   

1867  Death of Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) on this day in history.   

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

1892  Death of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) on August - 23.   

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on August - 23.   

1903  Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 on August - 23.   

1914  On this day in history death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks   

1926  On this day in history rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  On this day in history death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)