Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

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

0679  On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

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

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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

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

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.   

1230  On this day in history 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  On December - 23 peace of Atrecht   

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  On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1568  On December - 23 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 December - 23.   

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 December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1620  On December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

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

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 this day in history.   

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.   

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  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.   

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

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.   

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.   

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.   

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

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

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.