What happened on November 23 ?

947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria

1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (murdered) (b. 1372)

1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)

1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)

1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)

1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)

1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)

1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. 1552)

1682 - Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. 1604)

1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)

1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)

1783 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. 1714)

1803 - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719)

1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)

1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. 1747)

1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)

1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b. 1762)

1890 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)

1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)

1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)

1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)

1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858)

1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)

1948 - Hack Wilson, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1900)

1966 - Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b. 1882)

1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (b. 1889)

1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born author (b. 1920)

1979 - Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)

1979 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)

1990 - Roald Dahl, British author (b. 1916)

1991 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (b. 1926)

1992 - Roy Acuff, American musician (b. 1903)

1992 - Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)

1995 - Louis Malle, French film director (b. 1932)

1995 - Junior Walker, American musician (b. 1931)

2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)

2004 - Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)

2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player (center) (b. 1919)