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Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
0245 On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra 
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 On December - 23 boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 On this day in history dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
0910 On this day in history naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
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 On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.
1230 On this day in history 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 On December - 23 peace of Atrecht
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 this day in history.
1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on this day in history.
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 St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.
1569 On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer
1588 On December - 23 hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
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 December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins
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 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on this day in history.
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.
1689 On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.