Famous Personalities Born In May - 23

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on May - 23.   

1707  On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on May - 23.   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on May - 23.   

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on May - 23.   

1734  On this day in history birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)   

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author was born on May - 23.   

1737  On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on May - 23.   

1753  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.   

1756  On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on May - 23.   

1790  On May - 23 birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)   

1794  Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.   

1795  Charles Barry, architect was born on this day in history.   

1799  On May - 23 birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)   

1812  On this day in history birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)   

1813  On this day in history birth of mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1820  James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on May - 23.   

1820  Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on May - 23.   

1824  Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On May - 23 birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)   

1832  On May - 23 birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer   

1834  Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on May - 23.   

1837  James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.   

1843  On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer   

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1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.