Famous Deaths In December - 23

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

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

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies   

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1556  On December - 23 death of nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)   

1568  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.   

1569  On this day in history death of st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1575  On December - 23 death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)   

1588  On December - 23 death of hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1619  On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1631  Death of Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563) on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history death of françois Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)   

1652  On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1675  On December - 23 death of caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history death of pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)   

1761  On December - 23 death of alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy   

1771  Death of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701) on December - 23.   

1779  Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724) on this day in history.   

1789  Death of Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712) on December - 23.   

1793  On this day in history death of johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)   

1795  Death of Henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730) on this day in history.   

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on December - 23.   

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on December - 23.   

1834  Death of Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766) on December - 23.   

1846  Death of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1891  On December - 23 holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81   

1908  Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 on December - 23.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.