Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On August - 23 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 August - 23 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  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on August - 23.   

1773  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

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

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on this day in history.   

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

1806  On this day in history charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

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

1813  On August - 23 battle of Grossbeeren   

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

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  On this day in history mexico declares independence   

1825  Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 on August - 23.   

1829  Moritz B Cantor, German math historian on this day in history.   

1831  On August - 23 august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

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 August - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

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

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

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

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

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

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

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

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 August - 23.