Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

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

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

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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

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

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1230  Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies   

1482  Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.   

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on December - 23.   

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

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

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

1568  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

1582  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer   

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  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.   

1620  On December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

1620  On December - 23 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 December - 23.   

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.   

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.   

1688  On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21   

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 December - 23.   

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

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

1513  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

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

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

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

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

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

1116  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies