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  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine on August - 23.  

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

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

1328  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code  

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  On August - 23 beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam  

1577  On August - 23 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 this day in history.  

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  On August - 23 university of Groningen opens  

1617  On this day in history first one-way streets established (London)  

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

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

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

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies on August - 23.  

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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 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 stanisÅ‚aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)  

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1106  On August - 23 death of magnus, Duke of Saxony  

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

1305  On this day in history death of william Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded  

1328  On August - 23 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.