Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer on this day in history.   

1647  On May - 23 willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland   

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on May - 23.   

1660  On May - 23 king Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England   

1667  On May - 23 king Afonso VI of Portugal flees   

1668  Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on this day in history.   

1684  On May - 23 adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer on May - 23.   

1701  Captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1701  William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on this day in history.   

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

1707  Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier on this day in history.   

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

1718  The birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist on this day in history.   

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  On May - 23 friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)   

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

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on May - 23.   

1741  On May - 23 andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1750  On this day in history carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer on May - 23.   

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

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on this day in history.   

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On May - 23 antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

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

1783  On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

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

1785  On this day in history william Woollett, engraver, dies   

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

1788  SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

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

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On this day in history 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