Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.
0558 On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
0619 On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.
0913 Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.
0918 On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
0962 On December - 23 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 December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.
1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.
1482 Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on December - 23.
1502 On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57
1544 On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
1548 On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1568 On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England
1569 On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1569 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.
1582 On this day in history severo Bonini, composer
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.
1597 Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on December - 23.
1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.
1620 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.
1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.
1644 On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68
1672 On December - 23 giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.
1688 On this day in history 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.