Historical Events In December - 23
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on December - 23.
0913 Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.
0918 On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
0962 Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist on December - 23.
1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.
1174 On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
1230 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on this day in history.
1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.
1482 Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.
1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on December - 23.
1548 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on December - 23.
1568 Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on December - 23.
1569 On this day in history st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1569 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.
1582 Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.
1588 On December - 23 hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1597 On December - 23 martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.
1620 Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on December - 23.
1620 On December - 23 french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1652 On this day in history john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68
1672 On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 English king Jacob II flees to France on December - 23.
1688 On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
1689 On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.
1696 On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60