Page 2: Historical Events In April - 23

1660  Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland on this day in history.   

1661  King Charles II crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland on this day in history.   

1661  On April - 23 english king Charles II crowned in London   

1662  On April - 23 connecticut chartered as an English colony   

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1695  On April - 23 henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72   

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

1705  On April - 23 richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London   

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

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer on April - 23.   

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

1728  On April - 23 samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)   

1728  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83   

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

1735  On April - 23 ildephons Haas, composer   

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

1742  Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 on April - 23.   

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer on this day in history.   

1756  Alexander Reinagle, composer on April - 23.   

1762  On April - 23 johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67   

1774  On April - 23 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

1775  On this day in history the birth of J.M Turner, English artist   

1775  On this day in history opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)   

1775  On April - 23 joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)   

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

1789  On April - 23 president George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY   

1789  President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY on April - 23.   

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 April - 23.   

1798  Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution on April - 23.   

1803  On this day in history jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice   

1804  On this day in history guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)   

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

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.   

1185  On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On this day in history death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on April - 23.   

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent   

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  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on this day in history.   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on April - 23.