Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.   

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  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

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 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   

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  On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.   

1502  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

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

1548  On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

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  On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.   

1588  On December - 23 hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1597  On December - 23 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  On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

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  On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1672  On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn   

1688  On this day in history english king Jacob II flees to France   

1688  On December - 23 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 December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

1174  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  On this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  On this day in history 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 December - 23.   

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  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