Historical Events In December - 23
Sunday, 28 February 2021
0245 On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.
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 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 December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
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 December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1482 Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.
1493 On December - 23 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 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on this day in history.
1548 On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1568 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.
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 December - 23.
1582 Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.
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 December - 23.
1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on December - 23.
1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.
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 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.
1696 On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60