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 this day in history.  

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

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

1696  On this day in history johann Caspar Vogler, composer  

1701  Captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder on this day in history.  

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  Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed on this day in history.  

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

1710  On this day in history francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)  

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

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

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) on May - 23.  

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

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

1737  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer  

1741  On this day in history andrea Lucchesi, composer  

1750  On May - 23 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 this day in history.  

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

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 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 May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies  

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

1788  On May - 23 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  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 this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  On May - 23 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  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

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

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies  

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45  

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 May - 23.  

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27