Famous Personalities Born In August - 23

0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

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

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

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  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

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

1741  On this day in history birth of jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)   

1751  On this day in history birth of louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  On this day in history birth of louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

1769  On this day in history birth of georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)   

1773  On August - 23 birth of jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

1783  On August - 23 birth of william Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)   

1805  Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

1809  On August - 23 birth of juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1814  James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on August - 23.   

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on this day in history.   

1829  On August - 23 birth of moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

1832  On August - 23 birth of alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

1836  On this day in history birth of marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)   

1843  On this day in history birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)   

1846  On August - 23 birth of alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)   

1847  On August - 23 birth of sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)   

1849  On this day in history birth of william Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)   

1852  Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883) was born on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history birth of clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)   

1854  Moritz Moszkowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history birth of eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32)   

1867  Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants) was born on this day in history.   

1869  Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23] was born on August - 23.   

1869  On August - 23 birth of james (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer   

1875  On August - 23 birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)   

1875  On this day in history birth of eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)   

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

0634  On this day in history aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On August - 23 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  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72