Historical Events In December - 23

0245  On December - 23 zenobia, Queen of Palmyra   

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0619  On December - 23 boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0679  Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered on December - 23.   

0910  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies   

1174  On this day in history louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach   

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

1236  On this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies   

1482  On December - 23 peace of Atrecht   

1493  On this day in history georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.   

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  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) on December - 23.   

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 December - 23.   

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

1582  Severo Bonini, composer on December - 23.   

1588  Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 on December - 23.   

1597  Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" on this day in history.   

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

1620  Construction on the Plymouth Settlement Begins on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history french huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII   

1644  On this day in history tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer   

1652  John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 on December - 23.   

1672  On this day in history giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn   

1688  On December - 23 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  On this day in history john Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered   

1696  On this day in history johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60   

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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 December - 23.   

1513  On December - 23 birth of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)   

1537  King John III of Sweden (d. 1592) was born on December - 23.   

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

1548  Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On December - 23 birth of severo Bonini, composer   

1597  On December - 23 birth of martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"   

0558  On December - 23 childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62   

0679  On December - 23 death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

0910  On December - 23 death of naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar   

0913  On December - 23 death of conrad of Franconia   

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

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 this day in history philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies