Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On May - 23 thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  On this day in history willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland   

1648  On May - 23 luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1660  King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England on May - 23.   

1667  King Afonso VI of Portugal flees on May - 23.   

1668  On May - 23 philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1684  On this day in history adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1696  On May - 23 johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1701  Captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder on May - 23.   

1701  On this day in history captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder   

1701  On this day in history after being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.   

1701  On this day in history william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1706  On May - 23 battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

1707  On this day in history carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1710  On May - 23 francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)   

1718  On this day in history the birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist   

1718  On May - 23 william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

1729  On May - 23 giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) on this day in history.   

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author on May - 23.   

1737  On May - 23 louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  On May - 23 andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1750  On May - 23 carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer on this day in history.   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) on this day in history.   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on May - 23.   

1756  On this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  On this day in history antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1774  On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.   

1785  Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals on May - 23.   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.   

1788  South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on May - 23.   

1788  On May - 23 sC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

1620  Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

1423  On May - 23 benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies   

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on May - 23.   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on May - 23.