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Historical Events In December - 23
Saturday, 16 February 2019
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23. 
0558 On December - 23 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 On this day in history dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.
0913 Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.
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 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.
1174 On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
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 December - 23.
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 On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57
1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on December - 23.
1548 On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1568 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.
1569 On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1569 On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.
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 December - 23.
1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.
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 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.
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 English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.
1688 On this day in history jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on December - 23.
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on this day in history.
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.
