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

1046  King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese on August - 23.   

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 August - 23.   

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

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 August - 23.   

1441  On August - 23 holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty   

1486  On August - 23 siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1507  On August - 23 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  On August - 23 philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

1524  On August - 23 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)   

1540  Guillaume Budé, French scholar on August - 23.   

1541  On August - 23 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.   

1541  On this day in history 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  Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history french van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 23.   

1614  University of Groningen opens on August - 23.   

1617  First one-way streets established (London) on August - 23.   

1617  On August - 23 1st one-way streets open (London)   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1628  On August - 23 george Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36   

1668  On August - 23 artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

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0686  On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1740  On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

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  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.   

1176  On this day in history death of emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164)   

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

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

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