Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on August - 23.   

1711  Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence on August - 23.   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On this day in history louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  On this day in history louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

1773  On August - 23 jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1784  On August - 23 eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it   

1793  In France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25 on this day in history.   

1796  On August - 23 african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated   

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

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on August - 23.   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren   

1818  The first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie on August - 23.   

1818  On this day in history rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

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

1821  Mexico declares independence on this day in history.   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class   

1838  On August - 23 mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class   

1839  On August - 23 hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.   

1839  British capture Hong Kong from China on August - 23.   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On this day in history 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  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.   

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

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.