Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.  

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.  

0619  On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0679  On this day in history dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  On this day in history naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  On December - 23 conrad of Franconia  

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

0962  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist on December - 23.  

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1230  On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

1236  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies  

1482  Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.  

1493  On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.  

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on December - 23.  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on this day in history.  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

1569  St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.  

1569  St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.  

1582  On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer  

1588  On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37  

1597  On this day in history martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.  

1620  On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII  

1644  On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer  

1652  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68  

1672  On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn  

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.  

1688  On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21  

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.  

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on this day in history.  

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.  

1544  On this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.  

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.  

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1230  On December - 23 death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies