Page 2: Historical Events In December - 23

1699  On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer   

1709  Jean-Noel Hamal, composer on this day in history.   

1714  Johann Siebenkas, composer on December - 23.   

1715  On this day in history russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund   

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 December - 23.   

1732  Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) on this day in history.   

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on December - 23.   

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  Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on December - 23.   

1763  On December - 23 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 December - 23.   

1777  The birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign on this day in history.   

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

1779  Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct on December - 23.   

1780  On this day in history charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher   

1783  Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church) on December - 23.   

1808  On December - 23 thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883   

1812  Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73   

1815  On December - 23 henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

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

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

1597  On December - 23 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  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.   

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

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

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  On December - 23 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