Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On May - 23 thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1660  King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England on this day in history.   

1667  King Afonso VI of Portugal flees on May - 23.   

1668  Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on this day in history.   

1684  Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer on this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder   

1701  Captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder on this day in history.   

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

1701  On May - 23 william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

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

1707  On this day in history carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) on this day in history.   

1718  On May - 23 the birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer on May - 23.   

1729  On May - 23 giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) on this day in history.   

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

1737  On May - 23 louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on this day in history.   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua on this day in history.   

1753  On May - 23 giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) on May - 23.   

1754  On May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

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  On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

1785  Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals on this day in history.   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.   

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

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 May - 23.   

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

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

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.