Page 2: Historical Events In April - 23

1660  On April - 23 treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.   

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

1661  English king Charles II crowned in London on this day in history.   

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

1670  On April - 23 loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69   

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  George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer on this day in history.   

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

1708  Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) on April - 23.   

1715  Johann Friedrich Doles, composer on this day in history.   

1723  On April - 23 cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht   

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

1728  On April - 23 tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83   

1732  Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1735  On April - 23 ildephons Haas, composer   

1740  Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on this day in history.   

1742  On April - 23 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  On April - 23 opera "Il Ré Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)   

1775  Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) on this day in history.   

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

1789  President George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY on this day in history.   

1789  President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY on this day in history.   

1791  James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) on April - 23.   

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

1798  On this day in history dutch emperor accepts new Constitution   

1803  On this day in history jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice   

1804  On this day in history guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)   

1809  On April - 23 eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer   

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1170  Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on this day in history.   

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

1464  Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23.   

1464  On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer   

1484  On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)   

1500  Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.   

1500  Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.   

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 April - 23.   

0725  On this day in history death of wihtred, King of Kent   

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 this day in history.   

1014  On April - 23 brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87   

1016  Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies on this day in history.