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

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

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

1230  On December - 23 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  On this day in history peace of Atrecht   

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

1502  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

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

1569  On December - 23 st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1582  On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer   

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1619  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1620  On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on December - 23.   

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on December - 23.   

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.   

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.   

1688  On this day in history english king Jacob II flees to France   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on December - 23.   

1690  On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

1696  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1174  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

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

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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

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

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

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

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  On December - 23 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.