Historical Events In August - 23

1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on this day in history.  

1711  On August - 23 admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence  

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)  

1751  Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer on August - 23.  

1754  On August - 23 louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined  

1773  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher  

1777  On this day in history giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77  

1784  Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it on August - 23.  

1793  On this day in history in France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25  

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on August - 23.  

1797  Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on August - 23.  

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on this day in history.  

1802  On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51  

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) on this day in history.  

1813  On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren  

1818  The first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893  

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.  

1821  On August - 23 mexico declares independence  

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history moritz B Cantor, German math historian  

1831  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70  

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.  

1833  On this day in history britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed  

1838  On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class  

1838  On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class  

1839  On this day in history hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.  

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China  

1839  On August - 23 charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57  

1850  On this day in history in the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find first trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island.  

1850  On this day in history 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass  

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)  

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat  

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)  

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer  

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.  

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)  

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.  

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.  

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)  

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded  

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.  

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.