Historical Events In December - 23

1699  On December - 23 joseph Gibbs, composer   

1709  On this day in history jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  On December - 23 johann Siebenkas, composer   

1715  Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund on December - 23.   

1716  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer on December - 23.   

1724  On December - 23 emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth   

1728  Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin on December - 23.   

1732  Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame) on this day in history.   

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on this day in history.   

1750  Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27) on this day in history.   

1751  France sets plan to tax clergymen on December - 23.   

1758  On this day in history nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York   

1761  On December - 23 alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy   

1763  On this day in history john Davy, composer   

1776  On this day in history continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France   

1776  Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history the birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign   

1777  On December - 23 aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)   

1779  On December - 23 benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct   

1780  Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher on this day in history.   

1783  On December - 23 washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief   

1783  General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress on December - 23.   

1788  Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia on this day in history.   

1788  On December - 23 maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia   

1790  On this day in history jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics   

1793  On December - 23 thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies   

1795  On this day in history philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)   

1804  On December - 23 charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)   

1805  On this day in history the birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader   

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church) on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883   

1812  On December - 23 samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)   

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on December - 23.   

1815  On this day in history henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

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

1513  On this day in history birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  On this day in history birth of king John III of Sweden (d. 1592)   

1544  On December - 23 birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

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

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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.