Historical Events In December - 23

1699  Joseph Gibbs, composer on this day in history.  

1709  On December - 23 jean-Noel Hamal, composer  

1714  On December - 23 johann Siebenkas, composer  

1715  On December - 23 russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund  

1716  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer on December - 23.  

1724  On December - 23 emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth  

1728  On December - 23 prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin  

1732  On this day in history richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)  

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on this day in history.  

1750  On December - 23 frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)  

1751  On this day in history france sets plan to tax clergymen  

1758  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York on this day in history.  

1761  On this day in history alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy  

1763  John Davy, composer on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France  

1776  Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" on December - 23.  

1777  On December - 23 the birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign  

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) on December - 23.  

1779  On this day in history benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct  

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher on this day in history.  

1783  On this day in history washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief  

1783  General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress on this day in history.  

1788  Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia on this day in history.  

1788  On December - 23 maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia  

1790  On December - 23 jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics  

1793  On this day in history thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies  

1795  On this day in history philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)  

1804  Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk) on this day in history.  

1805  The birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader on December - 23.  

1805  On December - 23 joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church)  

1808  On this day in history thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883  

1812  On December - 23 samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)  

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1815  Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat on December - 23.  

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)  

1174  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach  

1513  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

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 this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)  

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer  

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

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  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1230  On this day in history 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