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  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on August - 23.  

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 August - 23.  

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 August - 23.  

1328  On August - 23 battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers  

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

1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on August - 23.  

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

1507  On August - 23 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 this day in history.  

1519  On August - 23 philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  

1524  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

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 August - 23.  

1553  On this day in history bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor  

1555  On this day in history calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.  

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1595  On this day in history michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.  

1614  University of Groningen opens on August - 23.  

1617  On August - 23 first one-way streets established (London)  

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

1618  On this day in history gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33  

1628  On August - 23 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  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1623  On this day in history birth of stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)  

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  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on August - 23.  

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

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1387  On this day in history death of king Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)  

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