Page 2: 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  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  On this day in history adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48   

1696  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer on May - 23.   

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

1701  On this day in history captain William Kidd is hanged in Londo after being convicted of piracy and murder   

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

1701  On May - 23 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 May - 23.   

1718  The birth of William Hunter, Scottish anatomist on this day in history.   

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

1729  Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) on this day in history.   

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

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

1737  On this day in history louis Francois Chambray, composer   

1741  On May - 23 andrea Lucchesi, composer   

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

1753  Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer on May - 23.   

1754  On this day in history andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)   

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

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

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

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

1783  James Otis, American lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1785  Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals on this day in history.   

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

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

1788  SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution on this day in history.   

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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  On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary   

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  Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1125  On May - 23 hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies   

1153  On this day in history david I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68   

1304  On May - 23 death of jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer   

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

1498  Death of Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 on May - 23.   

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

1524  Death of Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

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