Page 2: Historical Events In August - 23

1708  On August - 23 meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.   

1711  Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence on this day in history.   

1723  Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 on August - 23.   

1727  On August - 23 friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

1751  On August - 23 louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer   

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

1773  Jakob F Fries, German philosopher on August - 23.   

1777  On August - 23 giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77   

1784  On August - 23 eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it   

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  Emanuel Allen sold at public auction in Montreal; last slave transaction in Canada on this day in history.   

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

1802  On August - 23 corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51   

1806  Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1813  On August - 23 battle of Grossbeeren   

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  Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday on August - 23.   

1821  Mexico declares independence on this day in history.   

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

1829  Moritz B Cantor, German math historian on August - 23.   

1831  On this day in history august WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70   

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

1833  Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history 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 this day in history hong Kong is taken by British in war with China.   

1839  British capture Hong Kong from China on August - 23.   

1839  Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.   

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  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

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

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

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

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.   

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

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72