583
Politics
Accession to the throne of Palenque
Yohl Ik’nal acceded to the throne of Palenque on December 23, 583.
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16 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1693
Science
Burial of Elisabetha Koopman Hevelius in Danzig
Burial of Elisabetha Hevelius in Danzig, recorded the day after her death.
View details1805
Science
Death of Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville in Paris
Died in Paris at age 85, closing a decades-long, largely anonymous career as an experimental chemist, anatomist, translator, historian, and moralist.
View details1815
Science
Publication of 'Emma'
On 23 December 1815, Austen's novel 'Emma' was published, dedicated by permission to the Prince Regent, later George IV.
View details1836
Law
Charter of Georgia Female College — World's First College Chartered to Grant Degrees to Women
Georgia legislature chartered Georgia Female College in Macon, GA, the world's first college chartered to grant degrees to women.
View details1867
Activism
Birth of Sarah Breedlove (Madam C. J. Walker)
Sarah Breedlove, later known as Madam C. J. Walker, was born near Delta, Madison Parish, Louisiana, the first free-born child in her family.
View details1867
Activism
Birth as first child in her family born free after slavery
Sarah Breedlove was born in Louisiana, becoming the first of her parents’ children born into freedom after emancipation.
View details1873
Activism
Death of Sarah Grimké
Sarah Grimké died in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, at age 81, having devoted her life to abolition and women's rights.
View details1906
Science
Born in New York City
Alice Elizabeth Kober was born in New York City to Hungarian immigrant parents.
View details1912
Science
Birth of Anna Jane Harrison in Benton City, Missouri
Anna Jane Harrison was born on December 23, 1912, in Benton City, Missouri, to a farming family.
View details1919
Science
Granted U.S. Patent for Heating Furnace Design
Alice H. Parker received U.S. Patent No. 1,325,905 for a natural gas-fueled central heating furnace, a pioneering advance in home heating technology.
View details1925
Activism
Death of Bessie Rayner Parkes
Bessie Rayner Parkes died on 23 December 1925, having lived to see major advances in women's rights she had helped pioneer.
View details1938
Science
Discovery and preservation of first living coelacanth specimen
Courtenay-Latimer discovered and preserved the first living coelacanth specimen known to Western science.
View details1971
Medicine
Signing of the National Cancer Act by President Nixon
President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act, with Mary Lasker as a key catalyst, launching the 'War on Cancer'.
View details2002
Science
Patent Application Published for Disinfecting and Fixing Biological Fluids
U.S. Patent Application Publication US2002/0197430 A1, listing Ann A. Kiessling as inventor, published December 23, 2002.
View details2010
Activism
Death of Jayaben Desai
Jayaben Desai passed away on December 23, 2010, leaving a legacy of activism.
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