Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

1598  Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on April - 23.   

1621  William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.   

1623  Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.   

1628  Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1629  John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) was born on April - 23.   

1649  Andreas Kneller, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.   

1697  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on April - 23.   

1708  On April - 23 birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) was born on April - 23.   

1725  Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.   

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on April - 23.   

1735  On this day in history birth of ildephons Haas, composer   

1746  On April - 23 birth of félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)   

1747  On April - 23 birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer   

1756  On this day in history birth of alexander Reinagle, composer   

1775  Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) was born on April - 23.   

1791  On this day in history birth of james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)   

1791  On April - 23 birth of w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist   

1792  John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) was born on April - 23.   

1794  Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) was born on April - 23.   

1803  On April - 23 birth of jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice   

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on April - 23.   

1809  On April - 23 birth of eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer   

1810  On this day in history birth of thomas Wright, historian   

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0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  On April - 23 vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

1016  On this day in history aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies