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 this day in history.  

0679  On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered  

0910  On this day in history naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  On December - 23 conrad of Franconia  

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

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  On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1230  On December - 23 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  Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.  

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.  

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

1569  On December - 23 st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible  

1569  On December - 23 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 this day in history.  

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  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.  

1620  On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII  

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

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on December - 23.  

1690  On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered  

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.  

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

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

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.  

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

0910  On this day in history death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

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

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  On December - 23 death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

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