Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra  

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 December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

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  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.  

1230  On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

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  On December - 23 georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1568  On this day in history roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

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 this day in history.  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.  

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 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 December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII  

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on December - 23.  

1652  On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68  

1672  On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn  

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

1688  On this day in history jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21  

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.  

1690  On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered  

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.