Historical Events In December - 23

1699  On December - 23 joseph Gibbs, composer  

1709  On December - 23 jean-Noel Hamal, composer  

1714  On this day in history johann Siebenkas, composer  

1715  Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund on December - 23.  

1716  On December - 23 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer  

1724  Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth on December - 23.  

1728  Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin on this day in history.  

1732  On December - 23 richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)  

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on December - 23.  

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

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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 December - 23 alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy  

1763  On this day in history john Davy, composer  

1776  Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France on December - 23.  

1776  Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" on this day in history.  

1777  The birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign on December - 23.  

1777  On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)  

1779  Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct on this day in history.  

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher on December - 23.  

1783  Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on this day in history.  

1783  General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress on December - 23.  

1788  Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia on December - 23.  

1788  Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia on December - 23.  

1790  Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics on December - 23.  

1793  Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies on this day in history.  

1795  Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel) on December - 23.  

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

1805  On December - 23 the birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader  

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church) on this day in history.  

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 December - 23.  

1815  On this day in history henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat  

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.  

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

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)  

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.  

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)  

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.  

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

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"  

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 December - 23.  

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.  

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

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.  

1230  On December - 23 death of berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England  

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.