Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.  

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0619  Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

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

0910  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

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 December - 23.  

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1230  Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.  

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies  

1482  Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.  

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  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on this day in history.  

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

1582  On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer  

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on this day in history.  

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 December - 23.  

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 December - 23.  

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

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

1696  On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)  

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.  

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

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

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.  

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia  

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

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 this day in history.