Historical Events In December - 23
Sunday, 09 February 2025
0245 Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra on this day in history.
0558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.
0619 On this day in history boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.
0910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.
0913 Conrad of Franconia on December - 23.
0918 On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
0962 On December - 23 byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist.
1116 On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1174 Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on this day in history.
1230 On December - 23 berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England
1236 On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1482 Peace of Atrecht on December - 23.
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published on this day in history.
1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71) on this day in history.
1548 On this day in history pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1568 On this day in history roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England
1569 St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible on this day in history.
1569 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible on December - 23.
1582 Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.
1588 On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1597 On December - 23 martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
1619 On this day in history johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
1620 On this day in history construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins
1620 On this day in history french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer on this day in history.
1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.
1672 On December - 23 giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 On this day in history english king Jacob II flees to France
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 on December - 23.
1689 On this day in history joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
1690 On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on December - 23.