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Historical Events In December - 23
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23. 
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 this day in history.
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.
0913 Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.
0918 Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.
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 this day in history.
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.
1230 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
1482 On this day in history peace of Atrecht
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 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on December - 23.
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 December - 23.
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 this day in history.
1620 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.
1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.
1644 On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1672 On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 On December - 23 english king Jacob II flees to France
1688 On this day in history 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 December - 23.
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.