Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.   

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

0619  On December - 23 boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

0910  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1230  On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

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

1482  On December - 23 peace of Atrecht   

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

1502  On this day in history margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1582  On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer   

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1619  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

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  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

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  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

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

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on this day in history.   

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

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

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

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

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

0910  On this day in history death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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

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

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

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