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 this day in history.   

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

0913  On this day in history 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  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.   

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

1556  On December - 23 death of nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)   

1568  Death of Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.   

1569  Death of St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531) on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history death of hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1619  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1631  Death of Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563) on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history death of françois Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)   

1652  On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1675  Death of Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602) on December - 23.   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1722  Death of Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654) on December - 23.   

1761  On this day in history death of alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy   

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

1779  On December - 23 death of augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)   

1789  Death of Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (b. 1712) on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699) on this day in history.   

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

1805  Death of Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on December - 23.   

1834  Death of Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766) on this day in history.   

1846  Death of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780) on December - 23.   

1891  Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 on December - 23.   

1908  On this day in history eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72   

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

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

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

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  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

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

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"