Page 2: Historical Events In April - 23

1660  Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland on April - 23.   

1661  On April - 23 king Charles II crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland   

1661  On April - 23 english king Charles II crowned in London   

1662  On this day in history connecticut chartered as an English colony   

1670  Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1691  Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1695  Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 on April - 23.   

1697  On April - 23 george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer   

1705  On this day in history richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London   

1708  On April - 23 friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer on April - 23.   

1723  On April - 23 cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht   

1728  On this day in history samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)   

1728  Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 on April - 23.   

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on April - 23.   

1735  Ildephons Haas, composer on this day in history.   

1740  On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

1742  On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62   

1747  Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer on April - 23.   

1756  On this day in history alexander Reinagle, composer   

1762  Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1774  Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history the birth of J.M Turner, English artist   

1775  Opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)   

1786  Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1789  On April - 23 president George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY   

1789  On April - 23 president-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY   

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history william Hastings acquitted in England of high treason   

1798  On April - 23 dutch emperor accepts new Constitution   

1803  On April - 23 jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice   

1804  Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) on this day in history.   

1809  Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer on April - 23.   

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1170  On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)   

1185  King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.   

1464  On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France   

1464  On April - 23 birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.   

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician   

1500  On this day in history birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)   

1516  On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)   

0034  On April - 23 death of christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton   

0303  Death of George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded on this day in history.   

0725  Death of Wihtred, King of Kent on this day in history.   

0871  Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies on April - 23.   

0990  On April - 23 ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies   

0997  Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 on April - 23.   

1014  Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 on April - 23.   

1016  On April - 23 aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies