Historical Events In December - 23
Sunday, 17 January 2021
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.
0558 On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
0619 On December - 23 boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.
0913 On December - 23 conrad of Franconia
0918 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.
1230 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.
1236 On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1482 On this day in history 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 December - 23.
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 December - 23 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 this day in history 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 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.
1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.
1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on December - 23.
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 December - 23.
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.
1690 On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60