Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on this day in history.   

1711  On August - 23 admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence   

1723  On August - 23 antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on August - 23.   

1740  On this day in history ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

1751  Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer on this day in history.   

1754  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on August - 23.   

1773  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher on August - 23.   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

1784  Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it on this day in history.   

1793  On August - 23 in France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25   

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on August - 23.   

1797  Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on August - 23.   

1799  On this day in history napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on August - 23.   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) on August - 23.   

1813  On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren   

1818  On this day in history the first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie.   

1818  On August - 23 rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on August - 23.   

1821  On this day in history mexico declares independence   

1825  On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1829  Moritz B Cantor, German math historian on this day in history.   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.   

1833  Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed on August - 23.   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class on this day in history.   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.   

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  On August - 23 charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1850  In the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find first trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island on August - 23.   

1850  On August - 23 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.   

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.