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  On December - 23 boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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

0913  On December - 23 conrad of Franconia   

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 this day in history.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.   

1482  On December - 23 peace of Atrecht   

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.   

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on December - 23.   

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

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

1569  St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1652  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

1696  On December - 23 johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

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

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

1537  On this day in history 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 December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.   

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

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

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

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

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

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  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies