Historical Events In March - 23

1026  Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy   

1066  18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.   

1153  Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III   

1169  Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1174  Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow.   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies.   

1369  Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered.   

1490  inaugural dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published.   

1490  1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published   

1534  Aragonese legal code formally recognised.   

1548  Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen.   

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

1568  Treaty of Longjumeau French huguenots go on strike.   

1568  Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike.   

1579  Friesland joins Union of Utrecht.   

1593  English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander.   

1596  Henry Unton, English diplomat.   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer   

1606  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58.   

1618  James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician.   

1630  French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont.   

1638  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1653  Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48   

1657  France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk.   

1658  Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79   

1669  Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54.   

1699  John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany.   

1708  English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83).   

1743  George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London.   

1743  English premiere of Handel's "Messiah".   

1748  Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63   

1749  Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer.   

1750  Johannes Matthias Sperger, composer.   

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1429  On March - 23 birth of margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)   

1599  Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.   

1638  On this day in history birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist   

1645  William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history 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  Marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800) was born on March - 23.   

1736  Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) was born on March - 23.   

1103  On this day in history death of eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)   

1169  On March - 23 shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies   

1237  Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies on March - 23.   

1361  On this day in history death of henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c.1310)   

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

1548  Death of Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen on this day in history.   

1555  On March - 23 julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67   

1559  Death of Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522) on March - 23.