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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