Historical Events In December - 23

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

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  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

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

0913  On this day in history conrad of Franconia   

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

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

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

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  On this day in history peace of Atrecht   

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 December - 23.   

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

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

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1597  On this day in history 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  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on December - 23.   

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

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history 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  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  On December - 23 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  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

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

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

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

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

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

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

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

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 December - 23.