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May 23 1100

Qinzong last Emperor of Song Dynasty in China born in China (d. 1161)

May 23 1598

Claude Mellan French engraver cartoonist and painter born in Abbeville France (d. 1683)

May 23 1606

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz Spanish writer born in Madrid Spain (d. 1682)

May 23 1617

Elias Ashmole English antiquarian and collector (Ashmolean Museum) born in Litchfield (d. 1692)

May 23 1620

Pieter Neefs the Younger Flemish painter baptized in Antwerp

May 23 1644

Thomas Eisenhut German composer born in Aursburg Germany (d. 1702)

May 23 1696

Johann Caspar Vogler German composer and organist born in Hausen Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (d. 1763)

May 23 1710

Francois-Gaspard Adam French sculptor (garden sculptures)

May 23 1729

Giuseppe Parini Italian priestpoet (Il Giorno)

May 23 1734

Friedrich Anton Mesmer Austrian physicianhypnotist (Mesmerism)

May 23 1735

Charles Joseph prince the Ligne Belgian fieldmarshalauthor

May 23 1754

Andrea Appiana Italian royal painter (Napoleon)

May 23 1790

Jules Dumont dUrville French explorer (d. 1842)

May 23 1794

Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles Bohemian composer born in Prague (d. 1870)

May 23 1799

Thomas Hood English poetcomposer (Song of the Shirt)

May 23 1810

Margaret Fuller [Ossoli] American feminist and journalist (NY Tribune) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1850)

May 23 1812

Henri A Esquiros French poetwriter (Les Vierges Folles)

May 23 1813

Mason Brayman American attorney newspaperman and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Buffalo New York (d. 1895)

May 23 1820

James Buchanan Eads American engineerinventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)

May 23 1820

Lorenzo Sawyer 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)

May 23 1828

Edward Hitchcock Americas 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)

May 23 1832

Pieter J B C R van der Aa Dutch Indologistgeographer

May 23 1837

James Sanks Brisbin American educator lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Boalsburg Pennsylvania (d. 1892)

May 23 1844

Abdul-Bah Successor to Prophet of the Bah Faith (d. 1921)

May 23 1848

Helmuth J L von Moltke German generalchief of staff (WWI)

May 23 1851

Antoni Stolpe Polish pianist and composer born in Pulawy Poland (d. 1872)

May 23 1862

William Dummy Hoy professional baseball player who lived to 99

May 23 1865

Epitcio Pessoa 11th President of Brazil (Minas Gerais Republican 1919-22) born in Umbuzeiro Paraba Empire of Brazil (d. 1942)

May 23 1866

Gustav Aschaffenburg German psychiatristcriminalologist

May 23 1871

Sigurd Lie Norwegian composer and conductor born in Drammen (d. 1904)

May 23 1873

Leo Baeck rabbipresident (World Union for Progressive Judaism)

May 23 1875

Alfred P. Sloan American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966)

May 23 1879

Dezs Lauber Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)

May 23 1493 King Charles VIII & Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis

May 23 1568 Battle of Heiligerlee Groningen Dutch rebels beat Spanish thousands killed

May 23 1568 The Netherlands declares independence from Spain

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