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 August - 23 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  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

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

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

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

1799  On this day in history napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.   

1802  On August - 23 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 August - 23.   

1813  On August - 23 battle of Grossbeeren   

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 August - 23.   

1821  On August - 23 mexico declares independence   

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 this day in history.   

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.   

1833  On this day in history 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 August - 23.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

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

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.   

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

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

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72