Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0619  Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 23.   

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

0962  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist on December - 23.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.   

1230  On December - 23 berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.   

1482  Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.   

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on December - 23.   

1502  Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1544  On December - 23 anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on December - 23.   

1568  On December - 23 roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England   

1569  St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.   

1569  St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on December - 23.   

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.   

1620  On December - 23 construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.   

1644  On December - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.   

1688  On December - 23 english king Jacob II flees to France   

1688  On this day in history jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21   

1689  On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer   

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.   

1696  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

1544  On this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1597  On this day in history birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on December - 23.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.