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  On this day in history king Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England  

1667  On May - 23 king Afonso VI of Portugal flees  

1668  Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.  

1684  On this day in history adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48  

1696  On May - 23 johann Caspar Vogler, composer  

1701  On May - 23 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  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  On May - 23 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  On May - 23 william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer  

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

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

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author on May - 23.  

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on May - 23.  

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on May - 23.  

1750  On May - 23 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  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer on this day in history.  

1759  On May - 23 antoinio da Silva Leite, composer  

1774  On May - 23 chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)  

1783  On May - 23 james Otis, American lawyer, dies  

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

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.  

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

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.  

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

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary  

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.  

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer  

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.  

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 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  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.