Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.
0913 Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.
0918 On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
0962 On this day in history byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist.
1116 On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England
1236 On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1482 Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.
1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1544 On December - 23 anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
1548 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on this day in history.
1568 On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England
1569 On December - 23 st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1569 On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.
1597 On this day in history martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
1619 On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
1620 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.
1620 On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on this day in history.
1688 On December - 23 english king Jacob II flees to France
1688 On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on this day in history.
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.