Historical Events In December - 23
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.
0558 On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 23.
0679 On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
0910 On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
0913 Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.
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 December - 23.
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.
1230 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
1482 Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.
1493 On December - 23 georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1544 On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
1548 On December - 23 pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1568 On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England
1569 On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1569 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.
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 On December - 23 martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
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 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.
1644 On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1672 On December - 23 giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.