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Historical Events In August - 23

Tuesday, 06 June 2023

0079  On August - 23 mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0406  On this day in history battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0476  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1046  King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1106  Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1305  On August - 23 william Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1328  On August - 23 battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1486  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1507  On August - 23 jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1514  Battle of Chaldiran ended with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, Safavids founder on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1519  On August - 23 philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1524  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1540  On this day in history guillaume Budé, French scholar  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1541  French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1542  Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1553  On this day in history bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1555  On this day in history calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  On this day in history frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1582  French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  On August - 23 fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1595  On this day in history michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1614  University of Groningen opens on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1617  On August - 23 first one-way streets established (London)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1617  On this day in history 1st one-way streets open (London)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1618  On this day in history gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1628  On August - 23 george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 23

Famous People Born On This Day In History

0686  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 23

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0634  On this day in history aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1305  On August - 23 death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1328  On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1507  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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