Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On this day in history thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland on May - 23.   

1648  On this day in history luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1660  King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England on May - 23.   

1667  On May - 23 king Afonso VI of Portugal flees   

1668  On May - 23 philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1684  On May - 23 adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1696  On May - 23 johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1701  On May - 23 captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder   

1701  On this day in history captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder   

1701  On May - 23 after being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.   

1701  On this day in history william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1706  Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed on May - 23.   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier on May - 23.   

1710  On May - 23 francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  The birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

1729  On this day in history giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) on May - 23.   

1735  On May - 23 charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on this day in history.   

1741  On May - 23 andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on this day in history.   

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer on May - 23.   

1759  On this day in history antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1774  On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.   

1785  On this day in history benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1788  South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on May - 23.   

1788  On this day in history sC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on this day in history.   

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

1423  On this day in history benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27