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• 1616

  William Shakespeare – On the 23rd of April 1616 William Shakespeare passes away at the age of 52 [Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom]

• 1695

  Henry Vaughan – On the 23rd of April 1695 at the age of 74 Henry Vaughan passes away [Llansantffraed, Powys, United Kingdom]

• 1812

  Thomas Moore – The Insurrection of the Papers is published in the Morning Chronicle on the 23rd of April 1812 [London, United Kingdom]

• 1850

  William Wordsworth – On the 23rd of April 1850 Wordsworth passes away [Cockermouth, Cumberland, United Kingdom]

• 1852

  Edwin Markham – On April the 23d, 1852 Edwin Markham is born in Oregon City, Oregon [Oregon City, Oregon, United States]

• 1915

  Rupert Brooke – On the 23rd of April 1915 Rupert Brooke passes away at the age of 27 [Skyros, Greece]

• 1956

  C. S. Lewis – Lewis entered into a civil marriage with American Joy Gresham with whom he had been corresponding for some time. The attraction was mostly intellectual but Lewis decided on marriage when Gresham developed bone cancer. [Oxford, United Kingdom]

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