Historical Events In December - 23

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

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0619  On December - 23 boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

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

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  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 December - 23.   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.   

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.   

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

1672  On December - 23 giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn   

1688  On this day in history 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  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   

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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  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

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  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

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

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.