Historical Events In April - 23

1660  Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland on this day in history.  

1661  King Charles II crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland on this day in history.  

1661  English king Charles II crowned in London on April - 23.  

1662  Connecticut chartered as an English colony on April - 23.  

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on April - 23.  

1691  On April - 23 jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies  

1695  On April - 23 henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72  

1697  On April - 23 george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer  

1705  On this day in history richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London  

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) on this day in history.  

1715  On April - 23 johann Friedrich Doles, composer  

1723  On this day in history cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht  

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) on April - 23.  

1728  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83  

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1735  On this day in history ildephons Haas, composer  

1740  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on April - 23.  

1742  On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62  

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer on April - 23.  

1756  On April - 23 alexander Reinagle, composer  

1762  On this day in history johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67  

1774  On April - 23 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

1775  The birth of J.M Turner, English artist on April - 23.  

1775  Opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) on this day in history.  

1775  Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) on this day in history.  

1786  On this day in history alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68  

1789  On this day in history president George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY  

1789  President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY on this day in history.  

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) on April - 23.  

1795  William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history dutch emperor accepts new Constitution  

1803  On this day in history jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice  

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) on April - 23.  

1809  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer on April - 23.  

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1170  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)  

1185  On this day in history birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)  

1464  On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France  

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.  

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.  

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.  

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)  

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)  

0034  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.  

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.  

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.  

0871  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies  

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies  

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87  

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies