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Historical Events In August - 23
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
0079 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire on this day in history. 
0406 On August - 23 battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians
0476 On August - 23 odoacer elected King of Byzantine
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 August - 23.
1106 Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.
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 On August - 23 battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers
1328 On this day in history nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle
1441 Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on this day in history.
1486 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat on August - 23.
1507 Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.
1514 On August - 23 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 On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)
1540 On August - 23 guillaume Budé, French scholar
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 this day in history.
1541 On August - 23 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 On August - 23 bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor
1555 Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands on August - 23.
1566 On this day in history beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam
1577 On this day in history frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England.
1582 French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders on August - 23.
1591 Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.
1593 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) on August - 23.
1595 On this day in history michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.
1614 On this day in history university of Groningen opens
1617 On this day in history first one-way streets established (London)
1617 1st one-way streets open (London) on August - 23.
1618 Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.
1628 George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on this day in history.
1668 Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on this day in history.
