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 this day in history.  

0476  On this day in history odoacer elected King of Byzantine  

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

1046  On this day in history 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 this day in history william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded  

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  

1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on this day in history.  

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 this day in history philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot  

1524  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) on August - 23.  

1540  On August - 23 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 August - 23.  

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

1553  Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor on August - 23.  

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

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  On August - 23 french van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders  

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies on August - 23.  

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  University of Groningen opens on August - 23.  

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

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  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  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1623  Stanisław 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  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  On August - 23 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  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  

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