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

0679  On this day in history dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

0918  On December - 23 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  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

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1230  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 this day in history.  

1482  Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.  

1493  On December - 23 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  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 December - 23.  

1569  St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer  

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

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

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 December - 23.  

1620  On this day in history french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII  

1644  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer  

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

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

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.  

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

1689  On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer  

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on this day in history.  

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  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.  

1513  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

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

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer  

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

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

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

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  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies