Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On this day in history 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 this day in history friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On this day in history louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

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

1773  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 23 napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.   

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

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

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

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on August - 23.   

1818  On this day in history 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  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.   

1829  On this day in history moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

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 August - 23.   

1833  Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed on this day in history.   

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

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

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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 August - 23.   

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  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

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

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 August - 23 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 August - 23.   

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

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

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

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.