Historical Events In December - 23

0245  Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

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  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1174  On December - 23 louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1230  On December - 23 berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.   

1482  On this day in history peace of Atrecht   

1493  Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on December - 23.   

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 this day in history.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on December - 23.   

1568  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.   

1569  St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.   

1569  On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on this day in history.   

1588  On December - 23 hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on December - 23.   

1619  On December - 23 johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47   

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.   

1620  French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on December - 23.   

1644  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

1652  On December - 23 john Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68   

1672  Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn on December - 23.   

1688  English king Jacob II flees to France on this day in history.   

1688  Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer   

1690  On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.   

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1173  On this day in history birth of louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)   

1174  On December - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on December - 23.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1544  Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) was born on December - 23.   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on December - 23.   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on December - 23.   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on this day in history.   

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  On this day in history death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.   

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on December - 23.