Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra  

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

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

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.  

0910  Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.  

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

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

0962  On December - 23 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 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 December - 23.  

1482  On December - 23 peace of Atrecht  

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on December - 23.  

1502  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57  

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on December - 23.  

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

1568  On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England  

1569  On December - 23 st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible  

1569  On December - 23 st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible  

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.  

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  On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47  

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

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on December - 23.  

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60  

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

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

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.  

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies  

1116  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies