Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra  

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

0910  Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.  

0913  On this day in history conrad of Franconia  

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

0962  On December - 23 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 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  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on December - 23.  

1544  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible  

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  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  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.  

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

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  English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.  

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

1689  On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer  

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.  

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

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

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 this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0679  On December - 23 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  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.  

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

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

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.