Historical Events In August - 23

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

0406  Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians on this day in history.   

0476  On August - 23 odoacer elected King of Byzantine   

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies   

1046  On August - 23 king Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese   

1106  Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England on August - 23.   

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

1328  On this day in history battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers   

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

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

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat on August - 23.   

1507  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on August - 23.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1541  On August - 23 french explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.   

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

1553  Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

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

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

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

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer   

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.   

0093  On this day in history 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  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

1176  On August - 23 death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

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

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle   

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

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