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Sep 23 1555

Louise de Coligny French 4th wife of Willem of Orange

Sep 23 1591

Michael Lohr German composer born in Marienberg (d. 1654)

Sep 23 1598

Eleonore Gonzaga wife of Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)

Sep 23 1641

Adrian Aart van Wijck theologist (against jansenisme)

Sep 23 1642

Giovanni Maria Bononcini Italian composer and violinist born in Modena (d. 1678)

Sep 23 1712

Ferdinand VI the wise King of Spain (1746-59)

Sep 23 1745

John Sevier Tennessee indian fighter (GovRep-Tn)

Sep 23 1768

William Wallace Scottish mathematician (Rights of Wallace)

Sep 23 1781

Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)

Sep 23 1791

Johann F Encke German astronomer (Encke Comet)

Sep 23 1791

Karl T Korner German poet (Zriny Leyer und Schwerdt)

Sep 23 1795

Alexander Twilight minister and politician first African American to graduate and to hold public office born in Corinth Vermont (d. 1857)

Sep 23 1800

William H McGuffey educator (McGuffey Readers)

Sep 23 1805

Matthew Adams Stickney Rowley Mass numismatist

Sep 23 1816

Elihu Benjamin Washburne MC (Union) (d. 1887)

Sep 23 1816

Julius White American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Cazenovia New York (d. 1890)

Sep 23 1820

Thomas Kilby Smith American lawyer diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1887)

Sep 23 1852

William Stewart Halsted established 1st US surgical school

Sep 23 1854

Cornelis W Lely Dutch engineerGovernor of Suriname (1902-05)

Sep 23 1856

William Archer Scotland writer (Green Goddess)

Sep 23 1861

Robert Bosch German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942)

Sep 23 1863

Alexandre EJ Yersin SwissFrench bacteriologist (bacteria plague)

Sep 23 1865

Emmuska Orczy Tarnars Hungary Hungarian-born British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)

Sep 23 1870

John Lomax Miss folk song collectorethnomusicologist

Sep 23 1880

John Boyd Orr nutritionist UNs FAO (Nobel 1949)

Sep 23 1888

Gerhard Kittel German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons)

Sep 23 1890

Arthur Walter Kramer American composer born in NYC New York

Sep 23 1890

Friedrich Paulus German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad born in Guxhagen Germany (d. 1957)

Sep 23 1894

Kornelis H Miskotte theologist (Edda & Thora)

Sep 23 1895

Johnny Mokan American baseball player (d. 1985)

Sep 23 1897

Walter Pidgeon Canadian actor (Mrs Miniver Madame Curie) born in Saint John New Brunswick Canada (d. 1984)

Sep 23 1899

Louise Nevelson sculptor (Sky Cathedral) born in Kiev Ukraine

Sep 23 1900

Bill Stone British serviceman one of the last surviving veterans of World War I

Sep 23 1122 Concordat of Worms agreed between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V

Sep 23 1408 Battle of Othe victory of John the Fearless duke of Burgundy over Lige.

Sep 23 1459 Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire 1st major battle of the English Wars of the Roses

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