Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

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  Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

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

0962  On this day in history 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 December - 23.   

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

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  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

1544  On this day in history anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

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

1688  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

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 this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

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

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 this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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

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

1230  On December - 23 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