Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

0558  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history conrad of Franconia   

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

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 December - 23.   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

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

1230  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.   

1482  On this day in history peace of Atrecht   

1493  On this day in history 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 December - 23.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on December - 23.   

1568  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

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

1582  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1620  On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

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

1644  On December - 23 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 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 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  On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

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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  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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  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  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

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.