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 December - 23.   

0910  Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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

0962  On this day in history byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist.   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1230  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.   

1482  Peace of Atrecht on this day in history.   

1493  On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.   

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

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on this day in history.   

1548  On December - 23 pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1568  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.   

1569  On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1569  On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1582  On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer   

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.   

1597  On December - 23 martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

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

1620  On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins   

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on December - 23.   

1644  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.   

1688  On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21   

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.   

1690  On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

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

1548  On December - 23 birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  On this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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

0558  On December - 23 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  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.