Historical Events In August - 23

0079  Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire on this day in history.  

0406  Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians on August - 23.  

0476  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on this day in history.  

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

1046  King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese on this day in history.  

1106  On August - 23 magnus, Duke of Saxony  

1305  On August - 23 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 August - 23.  

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.  

1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on this day in history.  

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

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

1514  Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder on August - 23.  

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

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) on this day in history.  

1540  Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.  

1541  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 on August - 23.  

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

1542  Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code on August - 23.  

1553  On August - 23 bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor  

1555  Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands on August - 23.  

1566  On August - 23 beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam  

1577  Frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England on August - 23.  

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 August - 23.  

1595  Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni on this day in history.  

1614  On August - 23 university of Groningen opens  

1617  First one-way streets established (London) on this day in history.  

1617  1st one-way streets open (London) on this day in history.  

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1628  On this day in history george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36  

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on this day in history.  

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0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.  

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

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

1593  On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  

1623  Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.  

1724  On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)  

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

1740  On this day in history 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 August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies  

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony  

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

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded  

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

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on August - 23.  

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