Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On this day in history zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

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  On December - 23 naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  On this day in history conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

0962  Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist on December - 23.   

1116  Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies on December - 23.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach on December - 23.   

1230  On this day in history berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England   

1236  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.   

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  Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England on this day in history.   

1569  On December - 23 st Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1569  On this day in history st Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible   

1582  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer   

1588  On this day in history hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on December - 23.   

1619  Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 on December - 23.   

1620  On December - 23 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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 23 jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21   

1689  On December - 23 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer   

1690  John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered on December - 23.   

1696  Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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1173  Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) was born on December - 23.   

1174  Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach was born on this day in history.   

1513  Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) was born on this day in history.   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history birth of anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)   

1548  On this day in history birth of pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)   

1582  Severo Bonini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" was born on December - 23.   

0558  On this day in history childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  Death of Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on this day in history.   

0910  Death of Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar on this day in history.   

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

0918  Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies on this day in history.   

1116  On December - 23 ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1230  Death of Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England on December - 23.   

1236  On December - 23 philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies