Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On this day in history meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.   

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

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.   

1727  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  On August - 23 louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

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

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

1784  On this day in history 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  On this day in history emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.   

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

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

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

1821  On August - 23 mexico declares independence   

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

1829  On August - 23 moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

1831  On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

1832  On August - 23 alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

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

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  On this day in history british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  On this day in history 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  1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass on this day in history.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

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  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

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

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

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

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 August - 23.   

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