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  Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians on August - 23.   

0476  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on this day in history.   

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

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

1106  On August - 23 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  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 August - 23.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

1566  On August - 23 beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam   

1577  Frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England on August - 23.   

1582  On August - 23 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  On August - 23 michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni.   

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 August - 23.   

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

1628  George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 on this day in history.   

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

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

1727  Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer was born on August - 23.   

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  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony   

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

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

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.   

1387  Death of King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

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