Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On May - 23 thomas Eisenhut, composer  

1647  On this day in history willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland  

1648  On May - 23 luis de Nain, painter, dies  

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

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer on May - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

1701  On May - 23 after being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.  

1701  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier  

1710  On May - 23 francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)  

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

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

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on May - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1754  On this day in history john Wood, architect/town planner, dies  

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer on this day in history.  

1759  On May - 23 antoinio da Silva Leite, composer  

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

1783  On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies  

1785  On this day in history benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals  

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.  

1788  On May - 23 south Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution  

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

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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  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1606  On this day in history birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)  

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 this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer  

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.  

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.  

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.  

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)  

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