Historical Events In August - 23

0079  On August - 23 mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.   

0406  On this day in history battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians   

0476  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on August - 23.   

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.   

1046  On this day in history king Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese   

1106  On this day in history magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1305  On this day in history william Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.   

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on this day in history.   

1328  Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers on this day in history.   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1441  On this day in history holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty   

1486  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72   

1514  On this day in history battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder.   

1519  Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on this day in history.   

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) on August - 23.   

1540  On this day in history guillaume Budé, French scholar   

1541  On this day in history jacques Cartier 1491-1557 arrives at Iroquois village of Stadacona on his third trip to Canada; starts to build Charlesbourg-Royale at western tip of Cape Diamond; first French fort in Canada; first French settlement in America.   

1541  On this day in history french explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.   

1542  On August - 23 rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code   

1553  Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor on August - 23.   

1555  Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands on this day in history.   

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on August - 23.   

1577  Frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England on this day in history.   

1582  French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders on this day in history.   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.   

1614  University of Groningen opens on August - 23.   

1617  On this day in history first one-way streets established (London)   

1617  On August - 23 1st one-way streets open (London)   

1618  On August - 23 gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

1628  George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on August - 23.   

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.   

1486  On August - 23 birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1524  On this day in history birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)   

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)   

1727  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.   

0634  On this day in history aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1106  On this day in history death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.   

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded   

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)   

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72