WHAT HAPPENED ON 23. DECEMBER
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Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics are free from persecutions. (23. December 484)

Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks. (23. December 558)

Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse. (23. December 562)

Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque. (23. December 583)

King Dagobert II is murdered while hunting. (23. December 679)

Arab–Byzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo. (23. December 962)

Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs. (23. December 1572)

As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary. (23. December 1688)

George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. (23. December 1783)

The Battle of Savenay: a decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution. (23. December 1793)

A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously. (23. December 1823)

First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans. (23. December 1876)

The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. (23. December 1893)

The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System. (23. December 1913)

World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt. (23. December 1914)

World War I: Battle of Magdhaba – Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. (23. December 1916)

Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom. (23. December 1919)

Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated. (23. December 1921)

Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (23. December 1936)

Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. (23. December 1938)