Historical Events In August - 23

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

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

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

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on this day in history.  

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) on this day in history.  

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer  

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

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

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

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  

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

1796  On August - 23 african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated  

1797  Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on this day in history.  

1799  On August - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on August - 23.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70  

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on this day in history.  

1833  Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed on this day in history.  

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

1838  On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class  

1839  Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on August - 23.  

1839  British capture Hong Kong from China on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0093  On August - 23 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  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.  

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.  

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

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72