Historical Events In December - 23
Sunday, 01 October 2023
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 On this day in history dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
0910 On this day in history naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
0913 On December - 23 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 December - 23.
1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.
1174 On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 On this day in history 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 Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.
1493 On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
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 this day in history.
1548 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on this day in history.
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 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.
1582 On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer
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 December - 23.
1620 On December - 23 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 On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.
1688 On December - 23 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 this day in history.
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.