Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer on May - 23.   

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

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

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 May - 23 philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

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

1696  On this day in history johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

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 May - 23.   

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

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

1706  On this day in history battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

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

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

1718  On this day in history the birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist   

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

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

1734  On May - 23 friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)   

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author on this day in history.   

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on May - 23.   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on May - 23.   

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

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

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

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on May - 23.   

1756  On May - 23 nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on May - 23.   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1785  On May - 23 benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals   

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

1788  South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

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

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

1644  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1153  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On May - 23 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 this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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

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