Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On December - 23 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 December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  On December - 23 conrad of Franconia  

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.  

0962  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

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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 this day in history.  

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on December - 23.  

1502  On December - 23 margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57  

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  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  On December - 23 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 this day in history.  

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.  

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.  

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

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.  

1652  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

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

1513  On this day in history 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  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 December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

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

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

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia  

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

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

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