Historical Events In December - 23
Monday, 16 May 2022
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.
0558 On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0679 On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.
0913 On this day in history conrad of Franconia
0918 On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
0962 Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist on December - 23.
1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.
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 On this day in history peace of Atrecht
1493 On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on December - 23.
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 December - 23.
1568 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.
1569 On December - 23 st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1569 On December - 23 st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 On this day in history severo Bonini, composer
1588 On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1597 Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on this day in history.
1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1620 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.
1620 On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on December - 23.
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.
1688 On December - 23 english king Jacob II flees to France
1688 On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
1689 On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.