Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.   

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

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

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  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72   

1519  Death of Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on this day in history.   

1618  On this day in history gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

1628  Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on August - 23.   

1652  On this day in history death of john Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600)   

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on this day in history.   

1706  On August - 23 death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.   

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1806  On August - 23 charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

1813  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1839  On August - 23 charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1853  On August - 23 death of alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806)   

1867  On August - 23 death of auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)   

1878  On August - 23 adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77   

1892  On this day in history death of deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)   

1898  Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1903  On August - 23 paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75   

1914  On this day in history death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks   

1926  On August - 23 rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31   

1927  Death of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

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

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.