Famous Birthdays In April - 23

1812  On April - 23 birth of louis-Antoine Julien, conductor   

1813  On this day in history birth of stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)   

1813  Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (d. 1853) was born on April - 23.   

1818  On this day in history birth of james Anthony Froude, historian   

1818  On April - 23 birth of john Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872   

1821  Pierre Dupont, song writer was born on this day in history.   

1823  Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1861) was born on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 23 birth of johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer   

1828  On April - 23 birth of albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)   

1838  On this day in history birth of alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter   

1852  On this day in history birth of edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)   

1853  Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920) was born on April - 23.   

1858  Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918) was born on this day in history.   

1861  Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1865  Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1867  Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones) was born on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history birth of violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)   

1876  Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925) was born on April - 23.   

1877  On this day in history birth of arthur Farwell, composer   

1881  Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22) was born on this day in history.   

1881  Otakar Sini, composer was born on April - 23.   

1882  On this day in history birth of albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)   

1882  On this day in history birth of max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)   

1888  On April - 23 birth of georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (d. 1967)   

1889  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher was born on this day in history.   

1890  Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer was born on April - 23.   

1890  On April - 23 birth of marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)   

1891  Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf) was born on this day in history.   

1892  On April - 23 birth of minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer   

1892  R Huelsenbeck, writer was born on April - 23.   

1893  On this day in history birth of frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)   

1894  Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) was born on April - 23.   

1894  George Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X) was born on April - 23.   

1894  On this day in history birth of cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (d. 1955)   

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0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on this day in history.   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies on this day in history.   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

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