Famous Deaths Happened In October - 23
Friday, 17 October 2025
0930 On this day in history death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)
1260 Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.
1450 On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70
1456 On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)
1550 Death of Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480) on this day in history.
1581 Death of Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) on this day in history.
1602 On this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57
1616 On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)
1688 Death of Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (b. 1610) on this day in history.
1730 On this day in history death of anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
1753 Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1764 Death of Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683) on October - 23.
1774 Death of Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715) on this day in history.
1782 On October - 23 joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73
1799 William Paca, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1801 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1806 Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 on October - 23.
1869 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1872 Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 on October - 23.
1885 Death of Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (b. 1829) on this day in history.
1886 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67 on October - 23.
1890 On October - 23 karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
1892 Death of Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52 on this day in history.
1899 W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle on October - 23.
1901 On October - 23 georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies
1903 Francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1910 On October - 23 death of chulalongkorn, King of Thailand (b. 1853)
1915 W G Grace, British cricketer, dies on this day in history.
1921 On October - 23 john B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81
1925 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history f A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies
1929 Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74 on October - 23.
1935 Death of Abe Landau, US gangster, murdered on October - 23.
1936 (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80 on this day in history.
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