Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on this day in history.   

1711  On August - 23 admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1727  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On August - 23 ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on this day in history.   

1773  On August - 23 jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1784  On August - 23 eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it   

1793  On August - 23 in France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25   

1796  On this day in history african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated   

1797  Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on this day in history.   

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  On August - 23 charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

1809  On August - 23 juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1813  On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren   

1818  On August - 23 the first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie.   

1818  On August - 23 rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on this day in history.   

1821  Mexico declares independence on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1829  On August - 23 moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on this day in history.   

1833  Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed on August - 23.   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class on August - 23.   

1838  On August - 23 mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class   

1839  On August - 23 hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.   

1839  British capture Hong Kong from China on this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1850  In the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find first trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island on August - 23.   

1850  1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass on August - 23.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.   

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on this day in history.   

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.