Famous Deaths Happened In December - 23

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.   

1502  On December - 23 margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

1556  Death of Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504) on this day in history.   

1568  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.   

1569  Death of St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.   

1575  On this day in history death of akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)   

1588  Death of Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1631  On December - 23 death of michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)   

1646  On December - 23 death of françois Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)   

1652  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1675  On December - 23 death of caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)   

1688  On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21   

1696  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

1722  Death of Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654) on this day in history.   

1761  Death of Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on this day in history.   

1771  On this day in history death of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)   

1779  Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724) on December - 23.   

1789  On December - 23 death of charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712)   

1793  On this day in history death of johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)   

1795  On December - 23 death of henry Clinton, British general (b. 1730)   

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on December - 23.   

1812  On this day in history michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73   

1834  On this day in history death of thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)   

1846  Death of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81   

1908  Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 on December - 23.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

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

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.   

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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