Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0619  On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0679  On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  On this day in history naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On December - 23 conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

0962  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist on December - 23.   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1230  On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.   

1482  On this day in history peace of Atrecht   

1493  On December - 23 georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.   

1502  On December - 23 margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1568  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.   

1569  St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.   

1569  On December - 23 st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.   

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on this day in history.   

1619  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1620  On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.   

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on December - 23.   

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.   

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.   

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.   

1690  On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.   

1537  On December - 23 birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.   

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On this day in history death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.