Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On this day in history meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.   

1711  Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1727  On this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) on August - 23.   

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  On August - 23 louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

1773  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher on August - 23.   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

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  In France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25 on this day in history.   

1796  On August - 23 african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated   

1797  On August - 23 emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.   

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on August - 23.   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on August - 23.   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) on this day in history.   

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on this day in history.   

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

1818  On this day in history 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 August - 23.   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1829  Moritz B Cantor, German math historian on August - 23.   

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

1832  On August - 23 alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

1833  On August - 23 britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed   

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

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class on this day in history.   

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

1839  On this day in history british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on August - 23.   

1850  On August - 23 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.   

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 this day in history.   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

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

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

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

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.   

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

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72