Historical Events In December - 23
Friday, 02 June 2023
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 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.
0910 On this day in history naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
0913 Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.
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 this day in history.
1116 On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.
1236 On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1482 Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.
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 December - 23.
1548 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on this day in history.
1568 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.
1569 St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.
1569 On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 On this day in history severo Bonini, composer
1588 On December - 23 hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1597 On December - 23 martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
1619 On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
1620 On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins
1620 On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
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 this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.
1688 On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
1689 On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.
1696 On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60