Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur on this day in history.   

1711  On August - 23 admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer on August - 23.   

1740  On August - 23 ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

1754  Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined on August - 23.   

1773  On August - 23 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 this day in history.   

1796  African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated on this day in history.   

1797  On August - 23 emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada.   

1799  Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power on this day in history.   

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

1806  On August - 23 charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70   

1809  Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) on August - 23.   

1813  Battle of Grossbeeren on August - 23.   

1818  The first steamship trip is taken on Lake Erie on this day in history.   

1818  Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 on August - 23.   

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

1821  On this day in history mexico declares independence   

1825  On this day in history amos Bull, composer, dies at 81   

1829  On August - 23 moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

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

1832  On August - 23 alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

1833  On August - 23 britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed   

1838  On August - 23 mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class   

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

1839  On August - 23 hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.   

1839  On August - 23 british capture Hong Kong from China   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on August - 23.   

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  1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass on this day in history.   

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

1486  On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on this day in history.   

1593  On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)   

1623  StanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.   

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

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

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

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.   

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72