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Jun 23 1160

Johannes de Matha French saintfounder (Trinitarians)

Jun 23 1456

Margaret of Denmark wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)

Jun 23 1612

Andr Tacquet Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)

Jun 23 1668

Giambattista Vico Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)

Jun 23 1683

Etienne Fourmont French orientalist (d. 1745)

Jun 23 1703

Maria Leszczyska queen of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)

Jun 23 1716

Fletcher Norton 1st Baron Grantley English politician (d. 1789)

Jun 23 1749

Konrad Back German monastic composer born in Haigerloch (d. 1810)

Jun 23 1750

Dodat Gratet de Dolomieu French geologist (d. 1801)

Jun 23 1763

Josphine de Beauharnais first wife of Napoleon I and first Empress of France (1804-14) born in Les Trois-lets Martinique (d. 1814)

Jun 23 1774

Matthijs Siegenbeek Dutch linguist (spelling)

Jun 23 1799

John Milton Bernhisel American physician (d. 1881)

Jun 23 1800

Karol Marcinkowski Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)

Jun 23 1801

Daniel Smith Donelson Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)

Jun 23 1818

Simon Vissering Dutch economistminister of Finances (1879-81)

Jun 23 1822

Young Marshall Moody Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1866)

Jun 23 1838

Edwin Henry Stoughton American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Chester Vermont (d. 1868)

Jun 23 1849

John Hunn American businessman and 51st Governor of Delaware born in Odessa Delaware (d. 1926)

Jun 23 1858

William Ernst Johnson mathematician born in Cambridge England

Jun 23 1859

Florentinus M Wibaut Amsterdams social alderman (building of houses)

Jun 23 1875

Carl Milles Uppsala Sweden fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers)

Jun 23 1876

Irvin S Cobb Ky writerhumorist (Old Judge Priest)

Jun 23 1879

William Ewart Berry 1st viscount CamroseEnglish nobleman

Jun 23 1884

Werner Krauss German actor (Cabinet of Dr Caligari Joyless Street) born in Sonnefeld Germany (d. 1959)

Jun 23 1887

Ernst Rowohlt German publisher (Rowohlt-Verlag)

Jun 23 1887

John Finley Williamson conductor (Westminster Choir) born in Canton Ohio

Jun 23 1888

Lee Moran American actor (Circus Clown) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1961)

Jun 23 1888

Bronson M. Cutting American politician (d. 1935)

Jun 23 1889

Donald McBride American actor (The Seven Year Itch My Friend Irma) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1957)

Jun 23 1889

Anna Akhmatova Russian poet born in Odessa Ukraine (d. 1966)

Jun 23 1891

Vladislav Vanura Czech writer (Rozmarn lto) born in Hj ve Slezsku Austria-Hungary (d. 1942)

Jun 23 1892

Able Kiviat American runner (Olympic gold 1912)

Jun 23 1892

Edmund Cobb Mexican western actor (Motorcycle Gang Comanche Territory) born in Albuquerque New Mexico (d. 1974)

Jun 23 1298 Duke Albrecht von Habsburg crowned King of Germany

Jun 23 1305 French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge

Jun 23 1547 Champion of the Protestant Reformation Philip I Landgrave of Hesse is captured and taken to south Germany

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