Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on August - 23.   

1711  On this day in history admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence   

1723  On August - 23 antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on this day in history.   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) on this day in history.   

1751  Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer on this day in history.   

1754  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history jakob F Fries, German philosopher   

1777  Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1784  Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it on this day in history.   

1793  In France, the first ever national conscription introduced for unmarried men from ages 18 to 25 on August - 23.   

1796  On August - 23 african Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated   

1797  On this day in history emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.   

1799  On August - 23 napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.   

1802  Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1809  On August - 23 juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)   

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on this day in history.   

1818  The first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie on August - 23.   

1818  On August - 23 rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893   

1819  On August - 23 oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday   

1821  On August - 23 mexico declares independence   

1825  On August - 23 amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1829  On this day in history moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

1831  August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on August - 23.   

1832  Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on August - 23.   

1833  On this day in history britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class on August - 23.   

1838  Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class on August - 23.   

1839  Hong Kong is taken by British in war with China on August - 23.   

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  On this day in history charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57   

1850  On August - 23 in the Lancaster Sound NWT, HMS Assistance and HMS Intrepid find first trace of lost Franklin expedition in Lancaster Sound, at Cape Riley and Beechey Island.   

1850  On this day in history 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass   

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0686  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on August - 23.   

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.   

0093  On August - 23 death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on this day in history.   

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.