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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

Chlothar I: The Powerful King of the Franks (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)

9 min • 23 december 2023

A Daily Dose of History (23 Dec 2023)

Today's historical events:

  • Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
  • Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
  • The Sack of Aleppo as part of the Arab-Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
  • Arauco War: Governor of Chile Martín García Óñez de Loyola is killed in the Battle of Curalaba by Mapuches led by Pelantaru.
  • As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his son-in-law and nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
  • George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
  • The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
  • The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
  • First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
  • The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

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