Page 2: Historical Events In December - 23

1699  On December - 23 joseph Gibbs, composer   

1709  On December - 23 jean-Noel Hamal, composer   

1714  On December - 23 johann Siebenkas, composer   

1715  On December - 23 russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund   

1716  On December - 23 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer   

1724  On this day in history emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth   

1728  Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin on this day in history.   

1732  On December - 23 richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)   

1749  Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)   

1751  On December - 23 france sets plan to tax clergymen   

1758  On this day in history nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York   

1761  Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history john Davy, composer   

1776  On this day in history continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France   

1776  On December - 23 thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"   

1777  The birth of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia during Napoleon's disastrous campaign on December - 23.   

1777  Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25) on this day in history.   

1779  Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct on December - 23.   

1780  On this day in history charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher   

1783  On December - 23 washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief   

1783  On this day in history general George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress   

1788  On this day in history maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia   

1788  On December - 23 maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia   

1790  Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics on this day in history.   

1793  On December - 23 thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies   

1795  On this day in history philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)   

1804  On December - 23 charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)   

1805  The birth of Joseph Smith, American Mormon leader on December - 23.   

1805  Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vermont, founder (Mormon Church) on this day in history.   

1808  Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883 on December - 23.   

1812  Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) on this day in history.   

1812  Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 on December - 23.   

1815  On December - 23 henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat   

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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  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 December - 23.   

1544  On December - 23 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 this day in history birth of severo Bonini, composer   

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

0558  Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 on December - 23.   

0679  On this day in history death of dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered   

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

0913  Death of Conrad of Franconia on this day in history.   

0918  On December - 23 conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies   

1116  On this day in history 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  Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies on this day in history.