Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On August - 23 meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.   

1711  Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence on this day in history.   

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

1727  On August - 23 friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

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

1773  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

1777  On August - 23 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1813  On August - 23 battle of Grossbeeren   

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

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 on August - 23.   

1819  On August - 23 oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1821  Mexico declares independence on August - 23.   

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

1829  Moritz B Cantor, German math historian on August - 23.   

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

1832  On this day in history alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

1833  On August - 23 britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed   

1838  On August - 23 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  Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on this day in history.   

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1850  On August - 23 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.   

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

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

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

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on this day in history.   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

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

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

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

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.   

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 this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

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

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.