Famous Personalities Born In August - 23

0686  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.   

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  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined was born on August - 23.   

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

1773  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1783  William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history birth of anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)   

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) was born on this day in history.   

1814  James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.   

1818  On August - 23 birth of rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

1829  On this day in history 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 August - 23 birth of marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)   

1843  On August - 23 birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)   

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

1847  Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) was born on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

1852  On August - 23 birth of clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)   

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

1864  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

1869  On August - 23 birth of edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]   

1869  On this day in history birth of james (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer   

1875  On this day in history birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)   

1875  Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946) was born on August - 23.   

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

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

1106  On this day in history 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 August - 23.   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.