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 this day in history.   

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

1727  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer on August - 23.   

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

1796  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1802  On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1809  On August - 23 juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1813  On August - 23 battle of Grossbeeren   

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  On August - 23 mexico declares independence   

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 August - 23.   

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

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 August - 23.   

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

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

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China   

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

1850  On this day in history 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  1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass on August - 23.   

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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 August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

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

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

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 August - 23.   

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