Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On August - 23 meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.   

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

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

1727  On August - 23 friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On this day in history 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  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on August - 23.   

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

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 August - 23.   

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

1813  On this day in history battle of Grossbeeren   

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

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 on August - 23.   

1819  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on August - 23.   

1821  Mexico declares independence on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

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

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

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

1838  On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class   

1839  Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on this day in history.   

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

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

1850  On this day in history 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  On August - 23 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass   

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0686  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

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 August - 23.   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.   

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

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

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