Page 2: Historical Events In December - 23

1699  On December - 23 joseph Gibbs, composer   

1709  On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  On this day in history johann Siebenkas, composer   

1715  Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history johann Heinrich Rolle, composer   

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 this day in history frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)   

1751  On December - 23 france sets plan to tax clergymen   

1758  Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York on December - 23.   

1761  On December - 23 alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy   

1763  John Davy, composer on December - 23.   

1776  Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"   

1777  On this day in history 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  Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1790  Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics on this day in history.   

1793  Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies on December - 23.   

1795  Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel) on this day in history.   

1804  On December - 23 charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)   

1805  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.   

1513  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

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