Page 2: Historical Events In December - 23

1699  On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer   

1709  On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  On this day in history johann Siebenkas, composer   

1715  Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund on December - 23.   

1716  On December - 23 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer   

1724  On this day in history emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth   

1728  Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin on this day in history.   

1732  Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) on December - 23.   

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on December - 23.   

1750  Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) on this day in history.   

1751  France sets plan to tax clergymen on this day in history.   

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 December - 23.   

1776  On December - 23 thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"   

1777  On December - 23 the birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign   

1777  On December - 23 aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)   

1779  Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct on this day in history.   

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher on this day in history.   

1783  Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief on this day in history.   

1783  General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia   

1788  On December - 23 maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia   

1790  On December - 23 jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics   

1793  Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies on December - 23.   

1795  On this day in history philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)   

1804  Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk) on December - 23.   

1805  The birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1812  On December - 23 michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73   

1815  On December - 23 henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat   

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1173  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

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

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

1537  On December - 23 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 this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

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

1116  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  On this day in history 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