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 December - 23.   

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

0679  On December - 23 dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

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 December - 23 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 this day in history.   

1174  On December - 23 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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 23 severo Bonini, composer   

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

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

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

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.   

1620  On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII   

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  On this day in history english king Jacob II flees to France   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.   

1689  Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on December - 23.   

1690  On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

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 this day in history.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.   

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

1597  On December - 23 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  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1236  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies