Famous Deaths Happened In August - 23

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

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

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 August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

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

1507  On August - 23 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  On this day in history luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.   

1628  Death of George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on this day in history.   

1652  Death of John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) on this day in history.   

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

1706  On this day in history death of colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)   

1723  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

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

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1813  Death of Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) on August - 23.   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.   

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

1831  On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on August - 23.   

1853  Death of Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) on August - 23.   

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

1878  Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

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

1898  On August - 23 joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82   

1903  On this day in history paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75   

1914  On August - 23 death of felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks   

1926  Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history death of nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass   

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0686  On this day in history 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 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 August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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