Page 2: Historical Events In April - 23

1660  On April - 23 treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.   

1661  On April - 23 king Charles II crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland   

1661  English king Charles II crowned in London on April - 23.   

1662  Connecticut chartered as an English colony on this day in history.   

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on April - 23.   

1691  On April - 23 jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies   

1695  Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 on April - 23.   

1697  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer on this day in history.   

1705  Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) on April - 23.   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer on this day in history.   

1723  Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht on this day in history.   

1728  Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) on April - 23.   

1728  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 on April - 23.   

1732  On this day in history cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63   

1735  On this day in history ildephons Haas, composer   

1740  On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

1742  Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer   

1756  On this day in history alexander Reinagle, composer   

1762  On this day in history johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67   

1774  Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on April - 23.   

1775  The birth of J.M Turner, English artist on April - 23.   

1775  Opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) on April - 23.   

1775  Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68   

1789  President George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history president-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY   

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) on April - 23.   

1795  William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason on this day in history.   

1798  On April - 23 dutch emperor accepts new Constitution   

1803  On April - 23 jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice   

1804  On April - 23 guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)   

1809  On this day in history eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.   

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

1464  Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

1516  On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  On this day in history death of george, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on April - 23.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

0990  On this day in history ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1014  On this day in history brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies