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 August - 23 battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians  

0476  On this day in history odoacer elected King of Byzantine  

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

1046  King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese on this day in history.  

1106  Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.  

1305  On this day in history 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  Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers on August - 23.  

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

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

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

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  On August - 23 philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  

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

1540  On August - 23 guillaume Budé, French scholar  

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  French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history 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  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on August - 23.  

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

1593  On this day in history fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)  

1595  On August - 23 michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.  

1614  University of Groningen opens on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1628  George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on August - 23.  

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

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  Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1724  On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)  

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

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

0093  Death of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) on this day in history.  

0634  Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies on August - 23.  

1106  Death of Magnus, Duke of Saxony on August - 23.  

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

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

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  Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.