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Apr 23 1141

King Malcolm IV of Scotland nicknamed Virgo the Maiden King of Scots ( April-May) born in Scotland (d. 1165)

Apr 23 1170

Isabelle of Hainaut queen of France born in Valenciennes France (d. 1190)

Apr 23 1185

Afonso II 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23) born in Coimbra Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1223)

Apr 23 1464

Joan of France Queen of France (1498) and catholic saint who founded several religious orders born in Nogent-le-Roi (d. 1505)

Apr 23 1464

Robert Fayrfax English court composer born in Deeping Gate Lincolnshire (d. 1521)

Apr 23 1484

Julius Caesar Scaliger Italian-French physician and scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) born in Riva Italy (d. 1558)

Apr 23 1500

Alexander Ales [Alesius] Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg born in Edinburgh (d. 1565)

Apr 23 1516

Georg Fabricius German poet historian and archaeologist born in Chemnitz Germany (d. 1571)

Apr 23 1598

Maarten Tromp Dutch admiral born in Breille Netherlands (d. 1653)

Apr 23 1621

William Penn English admiral and politician father of the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania born in St. Thomas Parish Bristol (d. 1670)

Apr 23 1623

Jan Adam Reincken Dutch-German composer born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1722)

Apr 23 1628

Johan van Waveren Hudde Dutch mathematician (Concerning Reduction of Equations) and Mayor of Amsterdam (1672-1703) born in Amsterdam (d. 1704)

Apr 23 1629

Jan Commelin Dutch botanist and director of Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam born in Leiden Netherlands (d. 1692)

Apr 23 1649

Andreas Kneller German composer born in Lbeck Germany (d. 1724)

Apr 23 1697

George Anson 1st Baron Anson British Royal Navy officer born in Staffordshire England (d. 1762)

Apr 23 1708

Friedrich von Hagedorn German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1754)

Apr 23 1715

Johann Friedrich Doles German composer pupil of J. S. Bach born in Steinbach-Hallenberg Germany (d. 1797)

Apr 23 1720

Vilna Gaon Lithuanian rabbi born in Sialiec Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1797)

Apr 23 1725

Saint Gerard Majella Catholic saint born in Muro Naples Italy (d. 1755)

Apr 23 1728

Samuel Wallis English explorer (Wallis Island) born in Camelford Cornwall (d. 1795)

Apr 23 1731

William Williams American merchant (signed Declaration of Independence) born in Lebanon Connecticut (d. 1811)

Apr 23 1735

Ildephons Haas German composer born in Offenburg Germany (d. 1791)

Apr 23 1746

Flix Vicq-dAzyr French physician and anatomist (discover the theory of homology in biology) born in Valognes Normandy France (d. 1794)

Apr 23 1747

Abb Alexandre-Auguste Robineau French composer and painter born in Paris (d. 1828)

Apr 23 1756

Alexander Reinagle English-American composer born in Portsmouth England (d. 1809)

Apr 23 1775

J. M. W. Turner English landscape painter (Shipwreck Rain Steam and Speed) born in Covent Garden London (d. 1851)

Apr 23 1791

Friedrich von Olivier German landscape painter born in Dessau Germany (d. 1859)

Apr 23 1792

John Romney Robinson Irish astronomer and physicist born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1882)

Apr 23 1794

Wei Yuan Chinese scholar and geographer of Qing Dynasty born in Shaoyang China (d. 1856)

Apr 23 1803

Jules J baron dAnethan Belgian minister of Justice born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1888)

Apr 23 1804

Guillaume Nerenburger Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) born in Amsterdam (d. 1869)

Apr 23 1809

Eugene-Prosper Prevost French composer born in Paris (d. 1872)

Apr 23 1810

Thomas Wright English antiquarian and writer born in Ludlow Shropshire England (d. 1877)

Apr 23 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland defeats Viking forces at Battle of Clontarf freeing Ireland from foreign control

Apr 23 1154 Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo

Apr 23 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)

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