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| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | Paul Erdman, American economist and author (born in 1932) | |
| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (born in 1934) | |
| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (born in 1931) | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| April 23rd, 2006 (April 23 2006) | Death | Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (born in 1912) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (born in 1911) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (born in 1928) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | John Mills, English actor (born in 1908) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (born in 1927) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Earl Wilson, American baseball player (born in 1934) | |
| April 23rd, 2003 (April 23 2003) | Event | Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus. | |
| April 23rd, 2003 (April 23 2003) | Death | James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (born in 1917) | |
| April 23rd, 2003 (April 23 2003) | Death | Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (born in 1910) | |
| April 23rd, 1998 (April 23 1998) | Death | Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (born in 1907) | |
| April 23rd, 1998 (April 23 1998) | Death | James Earl Ray, American assassin (born in 1928) | |
| April 23rd, 1997 (April 23 1997) | Event | Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed. | |
| April 23rd, 1997 (April 23 1997) | Death | Denis Compton, English cricketer (born in 1918) | |
| April 23rd, 1996 (April 23 1996) | Death | Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (born in 1913) | |
| April 23rd, 1996 (April 23 1996) | Death | P. L. Travers, Australian author (born in 1899) | P. L. Travers Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1995 (April 23 1995) | Death | Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (born in 1918) | Howard Cosell Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1995 (April 23 1995) | Death | John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi (born in 1904) | |
| April 23rd, 1993 (April 23 1993) | Event | Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. | |
| April 23rd, 1993 (April 23 1993) | Death | Cesar Chavez, American labor activist (born in 1927) | Cesar Chavez Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1992 (April 23 1992) | Death | Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (born in 1921) | |
| April 23rd, 1991 (April 23 1991) | Death | Johnny Thunders, American musician (born in 1952) | Johnny Thunders Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1990 (April 23 1990) | Event | Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations. | |
| April 23rd, 1990 (April 23 1990) | Birth | Matthew Dillon Underwood, American actor | |
| April 23rd, 1990 (April 23 1990) | Death | Paulette Goddard, American actress (born in 1911) | |
| April 23rd, 1989 (April 23 1989) | Birth | Nicole Vaidisova, Czech tennis player | |
| April 23rd, 1988 (April 23 1988) | Event | Pink Floyd s album Dark Side of the Moon leaves the charts for its first time after spending a record of 741 consecutive weeks (over 14 years) on the Billboard 200. | |
| April 23rd, 1988 (April 23 1988) | Birth | Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer | |
| April 23rd, 1987 (April 23 1987) | Event | 28 construction workers die when the L Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut. | |
| April 23rd, 1987 (April 23 1987) | Birth | Emily Fox, American cupstacking champion | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Birth | Sven Kramer, Dutch speedskater | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Birth | Jessica Stam, Canadian supermodel | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Death | Harold Arlen, American composer (born in 1905) | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Death | Jim Laker, English cricketer (born in 1922) | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Death | Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (born in 1906) | |
| April 23rd, 1985 (April 23 1985) | Event | Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. (The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than 3 months.) | |
| April 23rd, 1985 (April 23 1985) | Birth | Angel Locsin, Filipina TV and movie actress | |
| April 23rd, 1985 (April 23 1985) | Death | Sam Ervin, American politician (born in 1896) | |
| April 23rd, 1984 (April 23 1984) | Birth | Alexandra Kosteniuk, Chess Woman World Champion | |
| April 23rd, 1984 (April 23 1984) | Death | Red Garland, American jazz pianist (born in 1923) | |
| April 23rd, 1983 (April 23 1983) | Birth | Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakian tennis player | |
| April 23rd, 1983 (April 23 1983) | Birth | Jennifer Heil, Canadian free style skier | |
| April 23rd, 1983 (April 23 1983) | Death | Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (born in 1908) | |
| April 23rd, 1982 (April 23 1982) | Event | Conch Republic is established. | |
| April 23rd, 1982 (April 23 1982) | Event | The ZX Spectrum is released. | |
| April 23rd, 1982 (April 23 1982) | Birth | Taio Cruz, London/English R&B, Pop, Hip Hop singer | |
| April 23rd, 1981 (April 23 1981) | Birth | Sean Henn, American baseball player | |
| April 23rd, 1981 (April 23 1981) | Birth | Joanna Krupa, Supermodel/actress | |
| April 23rd, 1981 (April 23 1981) | Birth | Chris Sharma, American rock climber/boulderer | Chris Rock Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1981 (April 23 1981) | Death | Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (born in 1897) | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Event | Fighting in London between the Anti-Nazi League and the Metropolitan Police s Special Patrol Group results in the death of protester Blair Peach. | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Birth | Barry Fratelli, Scottish bassist (The Fratellis) | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Birth | Yana Gupta, Indian actress & model | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Birth | Jaime King, American actress | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Birth | Lauri Ylonen, Finnish singer (The Rasmus) | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Death | Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (born in 1946) | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | John Cena, American professional wrestler | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Andruw Jones, Curacaoan baseball player | Cao Cao Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Kal Penn, American actor | |
| April 23rd, 1977 (April 23 1977) | Birth | Lee Young-Pyo, Korean footballer | |
| April 23rd, 1975 (April 23 1975) | Birth | Jon ?or Birgisson, Icelandic musician and singer (Sigur Ros) | |
| April 23rd, 1975 (April 23 1975) | Birth | Bobby Shaw, American football wide receiver for the NFL | |
| April 23rd, 1975 (April 23 1975) | Death | William Hartnell, English actor (born in 1908) | |
| April 23rd, 1974 (April 23 1974) | Birth | Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol) | |
| April 23rd, 1974 (April 23 1974) | Birth | Barry Watson, American actor | |
| April 23rd, 1973 (April 23 1973) | Birth | Patrick Poulin, French-Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 23rd, 1972 (April 23 1972) | Birth | Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet | |
| April 23rd, 1972 (April 23 1972) | Birth | Patricia Manterola, Mexican singer | |
| April 23rd, 1972 (April 23 1972) | Birth | Sonya Smith, American actress | |
| April 23rd, 1971 (April 23 1971) | Birth | Charmaine Sinclair, English model | |
| April 23rd, 1970 (April 23 1970) | Birth | Scott Bairstow, American actor | |
| April 23rd, 1970 (April 23 1970) | Birth | Dennis Bayne Culp, American singer/songwriter | |
| April 23rd, 1970 (April 23 1970) | Birth | Sadao Abe, Japanese actor | |
| April 23rd, 1969 (April 23 1969) | Birth | Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast | |
| April 23rd, 1969 (April 23 1969) | Birth | Richard Wolstencroft, Australian Filmmaker | |
| April 23rd, 1969 (April 23 1969) | Birth | Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish swimmer | |
| April 23rd, 1968 (April 23 1968) | Event | Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. see main article Columbia University protests of 1968. | |
| April 23rd, 1968 (April 23 1968) | Birth | Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (died in 2001) | |
| April 23rd, 1968 (April 23 1968) | Birth | Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein of Jordan | Hussein of Jordan Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1968 (April 23 1968) | Birth | Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan | Hussein of Jordan Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1967 (April 23 1967) | Event | A group of young radicals are expelled from the Nicaraguan Socialist Party (PSN). This group goes on to found the Socialist Workers Party (POS). | |
| April 23rd, 1967 (April 23 1967) | Birth | Rheal Cormier, Canadian baseball player | |
| April 23rd, 1967 (April 23 1967) | Birth | Melina Kanakaredes, American actress | |
| April 23rd, 1963 (April 23 1963) | Birth | Paul Belmondo, French actor and racing driver | |
| April 23rd, 1963 (April 23 1963) | Birth | Magnus Ver Magnusson, Icelandic powerlifter | |
| April 23rd, 1962 (April 23 1962) | Birth | John Hannah, Scottish actor | John Scott Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1961 (April 23 1961) | Event | Algiers putsch by French generals. | |
| April 23rd, 1961 (April 23 1961) | Birth | Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler (died in 2001) | |
| April 23rd, 1961 (April 23 1961) | Birth | George Lopez, American actor and comedian | |
| April 23rd, 1960 (April 23 1960) | Birth | Valerie Bertinelli, American actress | |
| April 23rd, 1960 (April 23 1960) | Birth | Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (died in 1991) | |
| April 23rd, 1960 (April 23 1960) | Birth | Claude Julien, French-Canadian ice hockey player and coach | |
| April 23rd, 1958 (April 23 1958) | Birth | Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson, Icelandic music composer | |
| April 23rd, 1958 (April 23 1958) | Birth | Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 23rd, 1957 (April 23 1957) | Birth | Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer | |
| April 23rd, 1955 (April 23 1955) | Event | The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour. | |
| April 23rd, 1955 (April 23 1955) | Birth | Judy Davis, Australian actress | |
| April 23rd, 1955 (April 23 1955) | Birth | Tony Miles, English chess player (died in 2001) | |
| April 23rd, 1954 (April 23 1954) | Birth | Michael Moore, American filmmaker | Michael Moore Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1952 (April 23 1952) | Birth | Narada Michael Walden, American musician and producer | |
| April 23rd, 1952 (April 23 1952) | Death | Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (born in 1887) | |
| April 23rd, 1951 (April 23 1951) | Death | Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1865) | |
| April 23rd, 1949 (April 23 1949) | Birth | David Cross, British violinist (King Crimson) | |
| April 23rd, 1949 (April 23 1949) | Birth | Joyce DeWitt, American actress | |
| April 23rd, 1948 (April 23 1948) | Event | 1948 Arab-Israeli War: Haifa, the major port of Israel, is captured from Arab forces. | |
| April 23rd, 1948 (April 23 1948) | Birth | Pascal Quignard, French author | |
| April 23rd, 1948 (April 23 1948) | Birth | Serge Theriault, French-Canadian comedian and actor | |
| April 23rd, 1947 (April 23 1947) | Birth | Glenn Cornick, British musician (Jethro Tull) | |
| April 23rd, 1947 (April 23 1947) | Birth | Bernadette Devlin, Irish politician | |
| April 23rd, 1943 (April 23 1943) | Birth | Tony Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 23rd, 1943 (April 23 1943) | Birth | Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter | |
| April 23rd, 1943 (April 23 1943) | Birth | Herve Villechaize, French actor (died in 1993) | |
| April 23rd, 1942 (April 23 1942) | Event | World War II: Baedeker Blitz - German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck. | |
| April 23rd, 1942 (April 23 1942) | Birth | Sandra Dee, American actress (died in 2005) | |
| April 23rd, 1941 (April 23 1941) | Event | World War II: Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the attacking Wehrmacht. | |
| April 23rd, 1941 (April 23 1941) | Birth | Jacqueline Boyer, French singer | |
| April 23rd, 1941 (April 23 1941) | Birth | Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland 1995-2003 | |
| April 23rd, 1941 (April 23 1941) | Birth | Michael Lynne, American film executive | |
| April 23rd, 1940 (April 23 1940) | Event | The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. | |
| April 23rd, 1940 (April 23 1940) | Birth | Michael Copps, American Federal Government official | |
| April 23rd, 1939 (April 23 1939) | Birth | Jorge Fons, Mexican film director | |
| April 23rd, 1939 (April 23 1939) | Birth | Lee Majors, American actor | |
| April 23rd, 1939 (April 23 1939) | Birth | Ray Peterson, American singer (died in 2005) | |
| April 23rd, 1936 (April 23 1936) | Birth | Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (died in 1988) | |
| April 23rd, 1936 (April 23 1936) | Death | Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (born in 1889) | |
| April 23rd, 1935 (April 23 1935) | Event | Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted. | |
| April 23rd, 1935 (April 23 1935) | Birth | Bunky Green, American musician | |
| April 23rd, 1932 (April 23 1932) | Event | The 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, the Netherlands burns down. | |
| April 23rd, 1932 (April 23 1932) | Birth | Jim Fixx, American athlete and writer (died in 1984) | |
| April 23rd, 1932 (April 23 1932) | Birth | Halston, American fashion designer (died in 1990) | |
| April 23rd, 1928 (April 23 1928) | Birth | Shirley Temple, American actress and politician | |
| April 23rd, 1926 (April 23 1926) | Birth | J. P. Donleavy, Irish American author | |
| April 23rd, 1924 (April 23 1924) | Birth | Chuck Harmon, American baseball player | |
| April 23rd, 1924 (April 23 1924) | Birth | Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (died in 2007) | |
| April 23rd, 1923 (April 23 1923) | Event | Inauguration ceremonies take place of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers shelter. | |
| April 23rd, 1923 (April 23 1923) | Birth | Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas | |
| April 23rd, 1923 (April 23 1923) | Birth | Avram Davidson, American writer (died in 1993) | |
| April 23rd, 1923 (April 23 1923) | Birth | Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler | |
| April 23rd, 1921 (April 23 1921) | Birth | Janet Blair, American actress (died in 2007) | |
| April 23rd, 1921 (April 23 1921) | Birth | Warren Spahn, American baseball player (died in 2003) | |
| April 23rd, 1920 (April 23 1920) | Event | The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. | |
| April 23rd, 1920 (April 23 1920) | Event | The Grand National Assembly of Turkey is founded in Ankara. | |
| April 23rd, 1919 (April 23 1919) | Birth | Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet double-agent | |
| April 23rd, 1918 (April 23 1918) | Birth | Maurice Druon, French author | |
| April 23rd, 1917 (April 23 1917) | Birth | Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (died in 2008) | |
| April 23rd, 1915 (April 23 1915) | Death | Rupert Brooke, English poet (born in 1887). | Rupert Brooke Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1910 (April 23 1910) | Birth | Simone Simon, French actress (died in 2005) | |
| April 23rd, 1908 (April 23 1908) | Birth | Myron Waldman, American animator (died in 2006) | |
| April 23rd, 1907 (April 23 1907) | Birth | Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (died in 1975) | |
| April 23rd, 1907 (April 23 1907) | Birth | Lee Miller, American photographer & model (died in 1977) | |
| April 23rd, 1905 (April 23 1905) | Death | Gedeon Ouimet, Quebec politician (born in 1823) | |
| April 23rd, 1904 (April 23 1904) | Birth | Duncan Renaldo, Spanish-American actor (died in 1985) | |
| April 23rd, 1903 (April 23 1903) | Birth | Guy Simonds, youngest general officer in the Canadian army (d 1974) | |
| April 23rd, 1902 (April 23 1902) | Birth | Halldor Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1998) | |
| April 23rd, 1901 (April 23 1901) | Birth | E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist (died in 1988) | |
| April 23rd, 1900 (April 23 1900) | Birth | Joseph Green, Polish-born actor and director (died in 1996) | |
| April 23rd, 1900 (April 23 1900) | Birth | Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (died in 1959) | |
| April 23rd, 1899 (April 23 1899) | Birth | Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (died in 1979) | |
| April 23rd, 1897 (April 23 1897) | Birth | Lucius Clay, American general (died in 1978) | |
| April 23rd, 1897 (April 23 1897) | Birth | Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1972) | |
| April 23rd, 1895 (April 23 1895) | Birth | Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (died in 1982) | |
| April 23rd, 1895 (April 23 1895) | Death | Carl Ludwig, German physician (born in 1815) | |
| April 23rd, 1894 (April 23 1894) | Birth | Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (died in 1955) | |
| April 23rd, 1893 (April 23 1893) | Birth | Frank Borzage, American film director (died in 1952) | |
| April 23rd, 1889 (April 23 1889) | Birth | Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (died in 1942) | |
| April 23rd, 1889 (April 23 1889) | Death | Jules Barbey d Aurevilly, French writer (born in 1808) | |
| April 23rd, 1888 (April 23 1888) | Birth | Georges Vanier, French-Canadian soldier and diplomat (died in 1967) | |
| April 23rd, 1882 (April 23 1882) | Birth | Albert Coates, British composer (died in 1953) | |
| April 23rd, 1880 (April 23 1880) | Birth | Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (died in 1942) | |
| April 23rd, 1876 (April 23 1876) | Birth | Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (died in 1925) | |
| April 23rd, 1867 (April 23 1867) | Event | William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine which shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel. | |
| April 23rd, 1867 (April 23 1867) | Birth | Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1928) | |
| April 23rd, 1865 (April 23 1865) | Birth | Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (died in 1943) | |
| April 23rd, 1861 (April 23 1861) | Birth | Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (died in 1936) | |
| April 23rd, 1858 (April 23 1858) | Birth | Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1947) | |
| April 23rd, 1857 (April 23 1857) | Birth | Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died in 1919) | |
| April 23rd, 1853 (April 23 1853) | Birth | Winthrop M. Crane, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1920) | |
| April 23rd, 1850 (April 23 1850) | Death | William Wordsworth, English poet (born in 1770) | William Wordsworth Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1839 (April 23 1839) | Death | Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (born in 1768) | |
| April 23rd, 1827 (April 23 1827) | Event | William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays. | |
| April 23rd, 1827 (April 23 1827) | Death | Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence | |
| April 23rd, 1823 (April 23 1823) | Birth | Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1861) | |
| April 23rd, 1813 (April 23 1813) | Birth | Stephen A. Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois and Presidential candidate (died in 1861) | |
| April 23rd, 1813 (April 23 1813) | Birth | Frederic Ozanam, French scholar (Society of Saint Vincent de Paul) (died in 1853) | |
| April 23rd, 1805 (April 23 1805) | Birth | Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher (died in 1879) | Philo Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1794 (April 23 1794) | Birth | Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (died in 1856) | |
| April 23rd, 1794 (April 23 1794) | Death | Guillaume-Chretien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (born in 1721) | |
| April 23rd, 1792 (April 23 1792) | Birth | John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (died in 1882) | |
| April 23rd, 1792 (April 23 1792) | Death | Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (born in 1741) | |
| April 23rd, 1791 (April 23 1791) | Birth | James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States (died in 1868) | James Buchanan Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1781 (April 23 1781) | Death | James Abercrombie, British general (born in 1706) | |
| April 23rd, 1775 (April 23 1775) | Birth | J. M. W. Turner, English painter (died in 1851) | |
| April 23rd, 1746 (April 23 1746) | Birth | Felix Vicq-d Azyr, French physician and anatomist (died in 1794) | |
| April 23rd, 1740 (April 23 1740) | Death | Thomas Tickell, English writer (born in 1685) | |
| April 23rd, 1725 (April 23 1725) | Birth | Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (died in 1755) | |
| April 23rd, 1720 (April 23 1720) | Birth | Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (died in 1797) | |
| April 23rd, 1702 (April 23 1702) | Death | Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (born in 1614) | |
| April 23rd, 1676 (April 23 1676) | Birth | King Frederick I of Sweden (died in 1751) | |
| April 23rd, 1661 (April 23 1661) | Event | King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey. | |
| April 23rd, 1660 (April 23 1660) | Event | Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland. | |
| April 23rd, 1635 (April 23 1635) | Event | First public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| April 23rd, 1628 (April 23 1628) | Birth | Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (died in 1704) | |
| April 23rd, 1625 (April 23 1625) | Death | Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (born in 1567) | |
| April 23rd, 1621 (April 23 1621) | Birth | William Penn, English admiral (died in 1670) | William Penn Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1616 (April 23 1616) | Death | Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (born in 1547) | |
| April 23rd, 1616 (April 23 1616) | Death | William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (born in 1564) (Julian calendar) | William Shakespeare Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1616 (April 23 1616) | Death | El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (born in 1539) | |
| April 23rd, 1605 (April 23 1605) | Death | Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (born in ca. 1550) | |
| April 23rd, 1598 (April 23 1598) | Birth | Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (died in 1653) | |
| April 23rd, 1597 (April 23 1597) | Event | William Shakespeare s The Merry Wives of Windsor is first performed, with Queen Elizabeth I of England in attendance. | William Shakespeare Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1521 (April 23 1521) | Event | Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros. | |
| April 23rd, 1516 (April 23 1516) | Birth | Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (died in 1571) | |
| April 23rd, 1500 (April 23 1500) | Birth | Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (died in 1565) | |
| April 23rd, 1484 (April 23 1484) | Birth | Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian philosopher (died in 1558) | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1464 (April 23 1464) | Birth | Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, queen of France (died in 1505) | |
| April 23rd, 1407 (April 23 1407) | Death | Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (born in 1326) | |
| April 23rd, 1348 (April 23 1348) | Event | The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III of England is announced on St George s Day. | |
| April 23rd, 1343 (April 23 1343) | Event | St. George s Night Uprising. | |
| April 23rd, 1229 (April 23 1229) | Event | Ferdinand III of Castile conquers Caceres. | |
| April 23rd, 1217 (April 23 1217) | Death | King Inge II of Norway (born in 1185) | |
| April 23rd, 1185 (April 23 1185) | Birth | King Afonso II of Portugal (died in 1223) | |
| April 23rd, 1170 (April 23 1170) | Birth | Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (died in 1190) | |
| April 23rd, 1151 (April 23 1151) | Death | Queen Adeliza of England (born in 1103) | |
| April 23rd, 1124 (April 23 1124) | Death | King Alexander I of Scotland (born in 1078) | |
| April 23rd, 1016 (April 23 1016) | Death | Ethelred II of England | |
| April 23rd, 1014 (April 23 1014) | Event | Battle of Clontarf: Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle. | |
| April 23rd, 1014 (April 23 1014) | Death | Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (killed in battle) | |
| April 23rd, 0997 (April 23 0997) | Death | Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (born in ca. 956) | |
| April 23rd, 0871 (April 23 0871) | Death | Ethelred of Wessex | |
| April 23rd, 0725 (April 23 0725) | Death | Wihtred, King of Kent | |
| April 23rd, 0303 (April 23 0303) | Death | Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr | |
| April 23rd, 0215 (April 23 0215) | Event | A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. | |
