Famous Personalities Born In December - 23

1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

1613  On this day in history birth of carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676)   

1621  Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678) was born on this day in history.   

1621  Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer was born on December - 23.   

1699  Joseph Gibbs, composer was born on December - 23.   

1709  On December - 23 birth of jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  Johann Siebenkas, composer was born on December - 23.   

1716  On December - 23 birth of johann Heinrich Rolle, composer   

1732  On this day in history birth of richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)   

1743  On December - 23 birth of ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)   

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer was born on December - 23.   

1750  On this day in history birth of frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)   

1758  On December - 23 birth of nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York   

1763  John Davy, composer was born on this day in history.   

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) was born on December - 23.   

1780  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher   

1790  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics   

1795  On this day in history birth of philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)   

1804  On December - 23 birth of charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)   

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church) was born on December - 23.   

1808  Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 was born on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history birth of samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)   

1812  William Hauser, composer was born on December - 23.   

1815  On December - 23 birth of henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat   

1818  David Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

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0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  On this day in history death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.   

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies