Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On May - 23 thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  On May - 23 willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland   

1648  On this day in history luis de Nain, painter, dies   

1660  On May - 23 king Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England   

1667  King Afonso VI of Portugal flees on May - 23.   

1668  On this day in history philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried   

1684  On May - 23 adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer on this day in history.   

1701  Captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder on May - 23.   

1701  Captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder on May - 23.   

1701  After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London on May - 23.   

1701  William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock on May - 23.   

1706  On this day in history battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

1707  On this day in history carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) on May - 23.   

1718  On this day in history the birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist   

1718  William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer on May - 23.   

1729  On May - 23 giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)   

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) on May - 23.   

1735  Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author on May - 23.   

1737  Louis Francois Chambray, composer on this day in history.   

1741  Andrea Lucchesi, composer on this day in history.   

1750  On May - 23 carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua   

1753  On this day in history giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer   

1754  On May - 23 andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

1754  John Wood, architect/town planner, dies on May - 23.   

1756  Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer on this day in history.   

1759  On May - 23 antoinio da Silva Leite, composer   

1774  On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

1783  On this day in history james Otis, American lawyer, dies   

1785  On this day in history benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history south Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

1788  On May - 23 sC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution   

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1052  On this day in history birth of king Philip I of France (d. 1108)   

1100  Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.   

1598  On this day in history birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized   

1606  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23.   

1617  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

1620  On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized   

1644  On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1696  On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer   

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68 on May - 23.   

1304  Death of Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer on May - 23.   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on May - 23.   

1498  On this day in history death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  Death of Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) on this day in history.   

1524  On May - 23 death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27