Historical Events In December - 23
Friday, 25 October 2024
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 December - 23.
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.
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 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 On December - 23 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 this day in history.
1482 On December - 23 peace of Atrecht
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.
1502 On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57
1544 On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
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 this day in history severo Bonini, composer
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins
1620 On this day in history french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.
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 On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on this day in history.
1696 On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60