Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.  

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

0619  Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 23.  

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

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

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.  

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  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1174  On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1230  Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.  

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

1482  Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.  

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  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on December - 23.  

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

1582  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer  

1588  On December - 23 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  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  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  English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.  

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

1689  On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer  

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.  

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

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

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

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.  

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.  

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.  

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

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.  

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.  

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia  

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

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies  

1230  Death of 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 December - 23.