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Historical Events In December - 23
Friday, 18 October 2019
0245 On December - 23 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 this day in history.
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 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 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 December - 23.
1236 On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1482 On December - 23 peace of Atrecht
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 On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1568 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.
1569 On December - 23 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 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on this day in history.
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on December - 23.
1690 On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60