Historical Events In December - 23

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

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0619  Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 23.  

0679  On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.  

0962  On this day in history byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist.  

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

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.  

1230  Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.  

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

1482  Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.  

1493  On December - 23 georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.  

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1548  On December - 23 pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1568  On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

1569  On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible  

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.  

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.  

1597  On December - 23 martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.  

1620  On December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins  

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.  

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

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1672  On December - 23 giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn  

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

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.  

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 December - 23.  

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

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

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

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  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

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

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia  

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

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.