Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1116 On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.
1230 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.
1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.
1482 Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.
1493 On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
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 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.
1569 St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.
1569 On December - 23 st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1582 On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.
1597 Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on this day in history.
1619 On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
1620 On December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins
1620 On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
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 December - 23 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 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.