Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer on this day in history.   

1647  Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland on this day in history.   

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on May - 23.   

1660  On May - 23 king Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England   

1667  On this day in history king Afonso VI of Portugal flees   

1668  On this day in history philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1684  Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on this day in history.   

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

1701  After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London on this day in history.   

1701  William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on May - 23.   

1706  On May - 23 battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier on this day in history.   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) on May - 23.   

1718  On this day in history 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  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author on May - 23.   

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

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on this day in history.   

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

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer on May - 23.   

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  On May - 23 nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer on May - 23.   

1774  Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on this day in history.   

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

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

1785  On this day in history william Woollett, engraver, dies   

1788  On May - 23 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  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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

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

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

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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 May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

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.