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  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

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

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

1796  On this day in history african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated   

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 August - 23.   

1802  On this day in history 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 this day in history juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1813  On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren   

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

1818  On August - 23 rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history mexico declares independence   

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

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

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

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

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class on August - 23.   

1839  On this day in history hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.   

1839  On this day in history british capture Hong Kong from China   

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  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

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

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

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

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

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

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

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 August - 23.   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

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

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