Page 2: Historical Events In April - 23

1660  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1695  On this day in history henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72   

1697  On this day in history george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer   

1705  Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London on April - 23.   

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1728  On April - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83   

1732  On April - 23 cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63   

1735  On this day in history ildephons Haas, composer   

1740  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on April - 23.   

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

1747  On April - 23 alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer   

1756  Alexander Reinagle, composer on this day in history.   

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on April - 23.   

1774  On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

1775  On April - 23 the birth of J.M Turner, English artist   

1775  Opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) on this day in history.   

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

1786  Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 on April - 23.   

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

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

1791  On this day in history james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)   

1795  On this day in history william Hastings acquitted in England of high treason   

1798  Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution on this day in history.   

1803  Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

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

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.   

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

1484  On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

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  Death of Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton on April - 23.   

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  On this day in history ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies   

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  On this day in history vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40   

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.