Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On this day in history thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland on May - 23.   

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

1660  On this day in history king Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England   

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

1668  On this day in history philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

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

1696  On this day in history johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1701  On May - 23 captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder   

1701  On May - 23 captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder   

1701  After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London on May - 23.   

1701  On May - 23 william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1706  Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed on this day in history.   

1707  On May - 23 carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) on this day in history.   

1718  On May - 23 the birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist   

1718  On this day in history william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) on this day in history.   

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

1735  On May - 23 charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  On May - 23 louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on this day in history.   

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

1753  On this day in history giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) on May - 23.   

1754  On this day in history john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

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

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer on this day in history.   

1774  Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on this day in history.   

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

1785  On this day in history benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1100  On May - 23 birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on this day in history.   

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 May - 23.   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on May - 23.   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

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