Page 2: Historical Events In December - 23
Sunday, 22 December 2024
1699 On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer
1709 On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer
1714 Johann Siebenkas, composer on December - 23.
1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund on December - 23.
1716 On December - 23 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer
1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth on December - 23.
1728 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin on December - 23.
1732 Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) on this day in history.
1749 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on this day in history.
1750 Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) on December - 23.
1751 France sets plan to tax clergymen on December - 23.
1758 Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York on December - 23.
1761 On December - 23 alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy
1763 John Davy, composer on this day in history.
1776 Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France on this day in history.
1776 On December - 23 thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
1777 The birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign on this day in history.
1777 On this day in history aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)
1779 On this day in history benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct
1780 On December - 23 charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher
1783 Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on December - 23.
1783 On December - 23 general George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress
1788 On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia
1788 On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia
1790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics on this day in history.
1793 On December - 23 thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies
1795 On December - 23 philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)
1804 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk) on December - 23.
1805 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader
1805 Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church) on December - 23.
1808 On this day in history thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
1812 Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) on December - 23.
1812 On this day in history michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73
1815 On this day in history henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat
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