Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On this day in history thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  On May - 23 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  Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.   

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  Captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder on May - 23.   

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

1701  On this day in history 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 May - 23.   

1718  The birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist on May - 23.   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer on May - 23.   

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

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) on May - 23.   

1735  On this day in history charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on May - 23.   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on this day in history.   

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

1753  On May - 23 giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  On May - 23 andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1754  On May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

1756  On May - 23 nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  On May - 23 antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1774  Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on May - 23.   

1783  On May - 23 james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

1785  On May - 23 benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals   

1785  On May - 23 william Woollett, engraver, dies   

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

1788  On this day in history sC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

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1052  On May - 23 birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.   

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

1153  On May - 23 david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  On this day in history 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  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

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

1568  On May - 23 adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27