Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.  

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

0619  On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

0910  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar  

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

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 this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

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  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 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 this day in history.  

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

1568  On this day in history roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

1569  St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.  

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  On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37  

1597  On this day in history martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

1619  On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47  

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.  

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

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

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.  

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  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.  

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 23.  

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.  

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62  

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.  

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia  

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

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1230  On this day in history death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

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