Page 2: Historical Events In May - 23

1644  On May - 23 thomas Eisenhut, composer   

1647  Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland on this day in history.   

1648  Luis de Nain, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1660  King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history king Afonso VI of Portugal flees   

1668  Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried on May - 23.   

1684  Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 on this day in history.   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer on May - 23.   

1701  Captain Kidd hung in London after conviction of piracy & murder on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1701  On this day in history william Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock   

1706  On May - 23 battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed   

1707  On May - 23 carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier   

1710  Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) on this day in history.   

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

1718  On May - 23 william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer   

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

1734  Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) on this day in history.   

1735  On this day in history charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author   

1737  On May - 23 louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  On May - 23 andrea Lucchesi, composer   

1750  Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua on May - 23.   

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer on this day in history.   

1754  Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) on May - 23.   

1754  On May - 23 john Wood, architect/town planner, dies   

1756  On this day in history nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer   

1759  Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer on May - 23.   

1774  On May - 23 chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on May - 23.   

1785  Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals on May - 23.   

1785  William Woollett, engraver, dies on May - 23.   

1788  South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on May - 23.   

1788  SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on May - 23.   

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1052  King Philip I of France (d. 1108) was born on May - 23.   

1100  On this day in history birth of emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161)   

1598  Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1606  On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)   

1617  Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1125  Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies on May - 23.   

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

1304  On this day in history death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

1423  Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies on this day in history.   

1498  On May - 23 death of girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45   

1523  On May - 23 death of ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)   

1524  On this day in history death of ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)   

1568  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 on this day in history.