Nekrolog 1723
This is a list of famous people who died in 1723 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 4th | Louis de Courcillon de Dangeau | French Romance scholar, grammarian and phonetician | ||
| January 7th | Wilhelm Friedrich | Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 36 | |
| January 9th | Karl Friedrich von Schlippenbach | General of the cavalry and diplomat in the Brandenburg and Swedish service | 64 | |
| 11th January | Campegius Vitringa the Younger | Dutch Reformed theologian | 29 | |
| January 20th | Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode | Princess of Anhalt-Harzgerode, by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Koethen | 75 | |
| 22nd of January | Christian Siegfried von Plessen | Danish Court Marshal, Privy Councilor and President of the Pension Chamber | ||
| January 25th | Johann Lothar von der Hauben | German baron, as well as canon and canon in Worms | ||
| January 28th | Gerhard Schröder | German lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg | 63 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2nd | Antonio Maria Valsalva | Italian anatomist and surgeon | 56 | |
| February 5th | Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt | German Protestant theologian and hymn poet | 47 | |
| February 7th | Carlo Francesco Pollarolo | Italian opera composer | ||
| February 8 | Eleonore Barbara von Thun and Hohenstein | Princess of Liechtenstein | 61 | |
| February 23 | Anna Henriette of Pfalz-Simmern | Princesse de Condé | 74 | |
| February 25 | Leopold Eberhard | Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard | 52 | |
| February 25 | Gerhard Meier | German educator, church councilor and superintendent | 58 | |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd March | Johann Christoph Wenzel | German high school teacher and writer | 64 | |
| 8th of March | Christopher Wren | British astronomer and architect | 90 | |
| March 12th | Anna Christine Luise von Pfalz-Sulzbach | Duchess of Savoy, Crown Princess of Sardinia-Piedmont | 19th | |
| March 12th | John Cyprian | Polish physicist and Lutheran theologian | 80 | |
| March, 15 | Johann Christian Günther | German lyric poet | 27 | |
| March 31 | Andreas Gillardon the Elder | Swiss reformed pastor | 61 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. April | Friederike Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg | Princess of Anhalt-Koethen | 21st | |
| April 5th | Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach | Austrian Baroque architect | 66 | |
| 9th April | Paul Georg Krüsike | German poet | 81 | |
| 17th April | Hermann von Vultejus | German nobleman, Hessian vice chancellor | 89 | |
| April 24th | Jean Daniel Abraham Davel | Swiss rebel | 52 | |
| April 24th | Stephan von Dewitz | royal Prussian lieutenant general and chief of the cuirassier regiment No. 8, heir of Kölpin in Mecklenburg, von Daber and Wussow in Pomerania | 64 | |
| April 29 | Robert Mansel | British politician | 27 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.May | Christoph of Baden-Durlach | Prince of Baden-Durlach | 38 | |
| May 9 | Thomas Bouchier | English lawyer and university professor | ||
| 10th of May | Meinrad Guggenbichler | Austrian baroque sculptor | 74 | |
| May 11th | Jean-Galbert de Campistron | French playwright | ||
| May 14th | Henning Christoph Gerdes | German lawyer | 57 | |
| 17th of May | Christopher Layer | Jacobites | 39 | |
| May 27th | Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond | illegitimate son of King Charles II, Lord High Admiral of Scotland | 50 | |
| 31. May | Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon | Governor of New York and New Jersey | 61 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | Angelo Maria Fiorè | Italian cellist and Baroque composer | ||
| June 4th | Leopold Clemens Karl of Lorraine | Hereditary Prince of the House of Lorraine | 16 | |
| June 7th | Miguel Lopez | Spanish baroque composer, organist and musicologist | 54 | |
| June 10th | Leopold Schlik zu Bassano and Weißkirchen | Austrian diplomat | 60 | |
| June 24th | Johann Andreas Kraut | German entrepreneur | 61 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 4th | Johann Christoph Mannling | German poet and writer | 64 | |
| July 4th | Gregor Schwenzengast | Tyrolean sculptor and carver | 77 | |
| 5th July | Henrich Ernst Kestner | German lawyer and university professor | 52 | |
| July 9 | Hinrich Ludolf Benthem | German Lutheran theologian and general superintendent | 61 | |
| July 14th | Claude Fleury | French educator and church historian | 82 | |
| 15th of July | Jakob Wolf | German educator | 69 | |
| 16th of July | Johann Christoph Raßler | Jesuit, theologian, scholar | 68 | |
| 17th July | Johann Wilhelm Vogel | German East India driver, mining inspector and writer | 66 | |
| July 19 | Theodor Pyl | German theologian and mathematician | 75 | |
| July 23 | Johann Bernhard von Gemmingen | Baden-Durlach court councilor and chief court master of the margrave Karl Wilhelm | 67 | |
| July 28th | Soror Mariana Alcoforado | Portuguese nun and writer | 83 | |
| 29th of July | Johann Georg von Bemmel | German genre, landscape and battle painter | 53 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Jost Friedrich Schäffer | German organ builder | ||
| 5th of August | Ulrich Otto von Dewitz | Danish lieutenant general, heir of Mitram and Holzendorf in Mecklenburg | 52 | |
| August 10 | Guillaume Dubois | French cardinal and minister under the reign of the Duke of Orléans | 66 | |
| August 16 | Niels Stromberg | Swedish officer | 77 | |
| 17th August | Dorothea of Pfalz-Veldenz | Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken | 65 | |
| August 21 | Dimitrie Cantemir | Moldovan-Romanian historian, music theorist, geographer and universal scientist | 49 | |
| August 23 | Increase Mather | Puritan minister in Massachusetts | 84 | |
| 26th of August | Caspar Moosbrugger | Austrian-Swiss architect | 67 | |
| August 27 | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek | Dutch naturalist and microscope builder | 90 | |
| August 31 | Franz Anton Adolph von Wagensperg | Prince-Bishop of Seckau, Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee | 48 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2nd | Georg Albrecht Stübner | German poet, pastor and professor | 43 | |
| September 14th | Plazidus Zurlauben | Prince Abbot of the Muri Monastery | 77 | |
| September 15th | Daniel Flender | German Catholic theologian | 58 | |
| 16th September | Hermann Christian von Wolffradt | Privy councilor and chancellor in Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||
| September 23rd | Domenico Antonio Mele | Italian poet and librettist | 76 | |
| September | Justus Falckner | first Lutheran pastor ordained in America | 50 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2nd | Johann Conrad Barchusen | German pharmacist, chemist and doctor | 57 | |
| 8th October | Euthymios Saifi | Melkite Greek Catholic Bishop of Tire and Sidon | 80 | |
| October 10th | Gerardus Beekman | Governor of the English colony of New York | ||
| October 10th | William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper | British lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor | 58 | |
| October 13th | Praskovia Fyodorovna Saltykova | Tsarina of Russia | 59 | |
| 15th October | Adolph Magnus from Hoym | Saxon minister and Silesian entrepreneur | 55 | |
| October 19th | Johann Christian Bucke | German Lutheran theologian | 51 | |
| October 19th | Godfrey Kneller | Court painter to several British monarchs | 77 | |
| October 25 | Lothar Friedrich von Hundheim | German General War Commissioner, Minister of State and Diplomat of the Electoral Palatinate | 55 | |
| 28th of October | Christian Lehmann the Younger | Theologian and editor of the writings of his father Christian Lehmann | 80 | |
| 30th of October | Johann Werner von Veyder | Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General in Cologne | 65 | |
| October 31 | Cosimo III. de 'Medici | Grand Duke of Tuscany | 81 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 8th | Georg Serpilius | Protestant theologian and song poet | 55 | |
| November 12th | Joseph Clemens of Bavaria | Archbishop of Cologne | 51 | |
| 15th of November | Philipp Franz Schleich | German organ builder | ||
| November 16 | David Ancillon the Younger | Prussian Reformed theologian and diplomat | 53 | |
| November 17th | Johann Georg Seifert of Edelsheim | State and Chamber President | ||
| November 19th | Antonin Nompar de Caumont | French courtier and officer | 90 | |
| 21st November | Henry Rowlands | British clergyman, geologist and historian | ||
| 25. November | David-Augustin de Brueys | French theologian and theater writer | ||
| November 27th | Georg Levin von Nagel | General in various armies and land commander of the Teutonic Order | 65 | |
| November | Johannes Wülfing | Mayor of Elberfeld | 74 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2. December | Philippe II de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans | Regent of France (1715-1723); Uncle of Louis XV. from France | 49 | |
| December 5th | Heinrich Christoph von Horn | First tenant of the royal Braunschweig faience factory | ||
| 6th of December | Karl Ludwig | Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken | 58 | |
| 6th of December | Amalia Pachelbel | German painter and engraver | 35 | |
| December 7th | Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl | bohemian architect | 46 | |
| 10th of December | Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel | Welsh nobleman and politician | 56 | |
| 20th of December | August Quirinus Rivinus | German physician, botanist and astronomer | 71 | |
| December 22 | Ludolf von Strantz | Brandenburg-Prussian Junker, Land Marshal and District Administrator | 63 | |
| December 27th | Peter Hinrich Tesdorpf | German long-distance trader and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 75 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Brockholls | Acting Governor of the English colony of New York | |||
| Dsanabadsar | Mongolian clergyman, religious head of Lamaism in Outer Mongolia | |||
| Samuel Enderby | British entrepreneur and trader | |||
| François Poullain de La Barre | French philosopher | |||
| Simon Lachez | Dutch watchmaker | |||
| Georg Adolf von Mikrander | Prussian lieutenant general, governor of Kolberg, governor of Frankfurt an der Oder | |||
| Georg Reinhold von Patkul | Swedish major general | |||
| René Auguste Constantin de Renneville | French author and famous prisoner of the Bastille | |||
| Johann Ernst Rentsch | German painter | |||
| Christian Dietrich von Röbel | German manor owner and officer | |||
| Willem Frederik van Royen | Dutch painter | |||
| Silâhdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa | Ottoman chronicler | |||
| Willem Adriaan van der Stel | Governor of the Cape Colony | |||
| Johannes Voorhout | Dutch painter |