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  On August - 23 odoacer elected King of Byzantine  

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

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  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England on this day in history.  

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 August - 23.  

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

1540  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

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

1555  On August - 23 calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.  

1566  On this day in history beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam  

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

1582  On August - 23 french van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders  

1591  On August - 23 luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies  

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 August - 23.  

1614  On this day in history 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  On August - 23 gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33  

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

1668  On this day in history artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies  

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0686  On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)  

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

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

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

1623  On August - 23 birth of stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)  

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

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on this day in history.  

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on August - 23.  

0093  On August - 23 death of gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40)  

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

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

1176  Death of Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) on August - 23.  

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

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

1387  On August - 23 death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  

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