Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On May - 23 thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  On May - 23 willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland   

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

1696  On this day in history johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1701  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

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

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  On May - 23 william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

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

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

1735  On this day in history charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

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  On this day in history giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history 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 this day in history sC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

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  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

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

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

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

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.