Historical Events In December - 23
Friday, 26 July 2024
0245 On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra
0558 On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
0619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope on December - 23.
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 December - 23.
0918 On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
0962 On December - 23 byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist.
1116 On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.
1230 On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England
1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.
1482 On December - 23 peace of Atrecht
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.
1502 On December - 23 margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57
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 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.
1582 Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.
1597 On this day in history 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 On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins
1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII on this day in history.
1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.
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 December - 23.
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer on this day in history.
1690 On December - 23 john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.