Historical Events In December - 23
Friday, 20 May 2022
1699 Joseph Gibbs, composer on December - 23.
1709 On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer
1714 Johann Siebenkas, composer on this day in history.
1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund on December - 23.
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 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin on December - 23.
1732 Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) on December - 23.
1749 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on December - 23.
1750 On December - 23 frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)
1751 On December - 23 france sets plan to tax clergymen
1758 On December - 23 nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York
1761 On this day in history alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy
1763 On December - 23 john Davy, composer
1776 On this day in history continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France
1776 On this day in history 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 On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)
1779 Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct on December - 23.
1780 On December - 23 charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher
1783 Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on this day in history.
1783 General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress on December - 23.
1788 On December - 23 maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia
1788 Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia on December - 23.
1790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics on this day in history.
1793 On December - 23 thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies
1795 On December - 23 philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)
1804 On this day in history 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 December - 23.
1812 Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on December - 23.
1815 Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat on this day in history.
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