May 23

Today in History
• 1059 - Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France
• 1275 - King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
• 1430 - Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the British
• 1568 - Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed
• 1660 - King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England
• 1774 - Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
• 1788 - South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify U.S. constitution
• 1865 - Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
• Martyrdom Day of Sri Guru Arjun Dev Ji
• National Drinking with Chickens Day
• National Lucky Penny Day
• National Medical Coder Day
• National Lucky Penny Day
• National Reed Day
• World Turtle Day

Birthdays
• 1100 - Qinzong, last Emperor of Song Dynasty in China
• 1707 - Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, explorer and the Father of Taxonomy
• 1710 - François Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
• 1735 - Charles Joseph, 7th Prince the Ligne
• 1810 - Margaret Fuller [Ossoli], American feminist and journalist (NY Tribune)
• 1820 - Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
• 1824 - Ambrose Burnside, soldier and politician (Governor of Rhode Island, 1866-69)
• 1828 - Edward Hitchcock Jr., 1st American physical educator (Amherst College)