Page 2: Historical Events In April - 23

1660  Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland on April - 23.   

1661  On this day in history king Charles II crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland   

1661  English king Charles II crowned in London on this day in history.   

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

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1695  Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 on April - 23.   

1697  On this day in history george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer   

1705  Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London on April - 23.   

1708  On April - 23 friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1728  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 on April - 23.   

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on April - 23.   

1735  Ildephons Haas, composer on this day in history.   

1740  On April - 23 thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

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

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer on this day in history.   

1756  Alexander Reinagle, composer on this day in history.   

1762  On April - 23 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 April - 23.   

1775  On April - 23 joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)   

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 April - 23.   

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

1795  On this day in history william Hastings acquitted in England of high treason   

1798  Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution on this day in history.   

1803  On April - 23 jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice   

1804  On this day in history guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)   

1809  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer on this day in history.   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

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

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history.   

1516  Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  On April - 23 death of wihtred, King of Kent   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

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  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on April - 23.   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.