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 August - 23.   

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 this day in history louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

1773  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher on this day in history.   

1777  On August - 23 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1784  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1809  On this day in history juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on August - 23.   

1818  The first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie on this day in history.   

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 on this day in history.   

1819  On August - 23 oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1821  On August - 23 mexico declares independence   

1825  On August - 23 amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

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 this day in history alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

1833  On this day in history britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed   

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

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

1839  Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on August - 23.   

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.   

0093  On this day in history death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

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

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

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

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

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