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Historical Events In December - 23
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
0245 On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra 
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 23.
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.
0910 On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
0913 On this day in history conrad of Franconia
0918 On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
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 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.
1174 On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 On December - 23 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 this day in history.
1502 On December - 23 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 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 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 this day in history.
1588 On this day in history 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 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1620 On this day in history 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 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 December - 23.
1688 On this day in history english king Jacob II flees to France
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on December - 23.
1690 On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60