Historical Events In December - 23

1699  Joseph Gibbs, composer on December - 23.  

1709  Jean-Noel Hamal, composer on December - 23.  

1714  Johann Siebenkas, composer on December - 23.  

1715  On December - 23 russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund  

1716  On this day in history johann Heinrich Rolle, composer  

1724  Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin  

1732  On December - 23 richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)  

1749  On December - 23 johann Lukas Schubaur, composer  

1750  On this day in history frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)  

1751  France sets plan to tax clergymen on December - 23.  

1758  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York on this day in history.  

1761  On this day in history alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy  

1763  John Davy, composer on this day in history.  

1776  Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France on December - 23.  

1776  On December - 23 thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"  

1777  The birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign on December - 23.  

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) on this day in history.  

1779  Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct on December - 23.  

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher on December - 23.  

1783  On this day in history washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief  

1783  On December - 23 general George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress  

1788  On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia  

1788  On December - 23 maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia  

1790  Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics on this day in history.  

1793  Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies on December - 23.  

1795  On this day in history philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)  

1804  On December - 23 charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)  

1805  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader  

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church) on December - 23.  

1808  On December - 23 thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883  

1812  Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73  

1815  On December - 23 henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat  

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.  

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.  

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.  

1236  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies