Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 03 December 2024
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0679 On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1174 On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 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.
1482 On December - 23 peace of Atrecht
1493 On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
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 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 this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 On December - 23 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 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.
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 On December - 23 giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 On December - 23 english king Jacob II flees to France
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.