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Dec 23 1513

Thomas Smith English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)

Dec 23 1544

Anna duchess of Saxsonwife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)

Dec 23 1548

Pieter C Bockenberg historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)

Dec 23 1582

Severo Bonini Italian composer and monk born in Florence (d. 1663)

Dec 23 1597

Martin Opitz German poet Father of Modern German Poetry

Dec 23 1613

Carl Gustaf Wrangel Swedish soldier (d. 1676)

Dec 23 1621

Edmund Berry Godfrey English magistrate (d. 1678)

Dec 23 1621

Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Nottingham Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)

Dec 23 1699

Joseph Gibbs English composer and organist born in Colchester (d. 1788)

Dec 23 1722

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt Turinge Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten

Dec 23 1750

Frederik Augustus I the Righteous king of Saxony (1806-27)

Dec 23 1758

Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York

Dec 23 1763

John Davy English composer born at Creedy Bridge Devon (d. 1824)

Dec 23 1777

Aleksandr I P Romanov tsar of Russia (1801-25)

Dec 23 1790

Jean-Francois Champollion deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics

Dec 23 1795

Philippe Vandermaelen Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)

Dec 23 1804

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve French criticwriter (Informal Talk)

Dec 23 1808

Thomas Turner Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1883)

Dec 23 1812

Samuel Smiles Scotland author (Self-Help Character Duty)

Dec 23 1815

Henry Highland Garnet Maryland ministerabolitionistdiplomat

Dec 23 1818

David Addison Weisiger Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1899)

Dec 23 1819

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)

Dec 23 1823

Alexandru Flechtenmacher Romanian composer born in Iai Romania (d. 1898)

Dec 23 1827

Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff Austrian admiral (HelgolandLissa)

Dec 23 1828

Mathilde Wesendonk German writerpoet (Tagebuchblatter)

Dec 23 1843

Richard Conner American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924)

Dec 23 1845

Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle dr (found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal)

Dec 23 1845

Gustave Ador union president of Austria (1919)

Dec 23 1855

Alan Gray British composer (Trinity College) born in York (d. 1935)

Dec 23 1858

Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko playwright (Life in Russian Theater)

Dec 23 1860

Harriet Monroe poeteditor of Poetry magazine (You & I) born in Chicago Illinois

Dec 23 1862

Henri Pirenne Belgian historian (History of Belgium)

Dec 23 1864

Zorka of Montenegro Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)

Dec 23 1482 The Peace of Atrecht (now Arras) concluded between Louis XI of France and Maximilian of Austria ending the War of the Burgundian Succession

Dec 23 1493 Georg Alts German translation of Hartmann Schedels Nuremberg Chronicle is published.

Dec 23 1588 The Day of the Dagger Henry Duke of Guise leader of the Catholic League is assassinated by the bodyguards of King Henry III at the Chteau de Blois

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