Historical Events In March - 23

1026  On this day in history koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy  

1066  18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet on this day in history.  

1153  On March - 23 treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III  

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on March - 23.  

1174  Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow on this day in history.  

1237  On March - 23 jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies  

1369  Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered on this day in history.  

1490  On March - 23 first dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published  

1490  On this day in history 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published  

1534  On March - 23 aragonese legal code formally recognised  

1548  Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.  

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1568  On March - 23 treaty of Longjumeau French huguenots go on strike  

1568  On March - 23 treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike  

1579  On March - 23 friesland joins Union of Utrecht  

1593  English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander on March - 23.  

1596  Henry Unton, English diplomat on March - 23.  

1599  Thomas Selle, composer on this day in history.  

1606  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58 on March - 23.  

1618  James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician on this day in history.  

1630  French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont on March - 23.  

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist on March - 23.  

1653  On this day in history johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48  

1657  France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk on March - 23.  

1658  On March - 23 valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79  

1669  On this day in history philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54  

1670  On March - 23 françois Dollier de Casson 1636-1701 claims Lake Erie territory for France  

1699  On March - 23 john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany  

1708  On March - 23 english pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth  

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) on this day in history.  

1743  George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London on March - 23.  

1743  On this day in history english premiere of Handel's "Messiah"  

1748  On March - 23 johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63  

1749  On March - 23 hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer  

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1429  On this day in history birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)  

1599  On this day in history birth of thomas Selle, composer  

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist was born on March - 23.  

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.  

1699  On March - 23 birth of john Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany  

1723  On March - 23 birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)  

1732  On March - 23 birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)  

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on this day in history.  

1103  Death of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058) on March - 23.  

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies on this day in history.  

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

1361  Death of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310) on this day in history.  

1369  On this day in history death of pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered  

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on March - 23.  

1555  Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1559  On this day in history death of emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)