Famous Deaths In July - 23

0945  On July - 23 richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies   

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on July - 23.   

1373  On this day in history birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies   

1403  Death of Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39 on July - 23.   

1531  On July - 23 death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers   

1568  On July - 23 don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23   

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on July - 23.   

1584  On July - 23 death of john Day, English printer (b. 1522)   

1645  On July - 23 michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies   

1685  Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1690  Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies on July - 23.   

1692  On July - 23 death of gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)   

1727  Death of Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain on this day in history.   

1757  Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71 on July - 23.   

1764  Death of Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703) on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history death of george Edwards, English naturalist (b. 1693)   

1781  Death of John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-born Continental Congressman (b. 1724) on this day in history.   

1793  Thomas Mckean, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1803  On July - 23 death of arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered   

1816  On this day in history elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68   

1829  On this day in history wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72   

1840  Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 on July - 23.   

1844  Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office on July - 23.   

1853  Death of Andries Pretorius, Boer leader (b. 1798) on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83   

1875  On this day in history isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63   

1878  Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1885  Ulysses S Grant, 18th US pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 on this day in history.   

1904  John Simon, public health pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On July - 23 jean-Jacques, painter, dies   

1909  On this day in history ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65   

1916  On July - 23 william Ramsey, chemist, dies   

1920  On this day in history death of conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)   

1924  On July - 23 death of frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar (b. 1850)   

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0645  Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683) was born on July - 23.   

1301  On this day in history birth of duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)   

1339  Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) was born on this day in history.   

1401  On July - 23 birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier   

1503  On this day in history birth of anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547)   

1659  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer was born on July - 23.   

1705  On July - 23 birth of francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)   

1734  On July - 23 birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]