Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.   

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  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On this day in history conrad of Franconia   

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

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

1502  On December - 23 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  On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.   

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

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

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.   

1672  On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn   

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.   

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

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

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

1696  On December - 23 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 December - 23.   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

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