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

1727  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on this day in history.   

1773  On August - 23 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  In France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25 on this day in history.   

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on this day in history.   

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

1799  On this day in history napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.   

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

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1821  On August - 23 mexico declares independence   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on August - 23.   

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

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

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

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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

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 August - 23.   

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72