Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra  

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

0619  On December - 23 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  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On December - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

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1230  Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.  

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 December - 23 margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57  

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

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

1568  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.  

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

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

1582  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer  

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

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on December - 23.  

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

1620  On December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins  

1620  On this day in history french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII  

1644  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer  

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

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  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 December - 23.  

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 December - 23.  

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

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.  

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.  

1597  On December - 23 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  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  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 December - 23.  

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.