The Phenomenon of August 23: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations

0079  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.   

0476  Odoacer elected King of Byzantine   

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

1046  King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese.   

1106  Magnus, Duke of Saxony.   

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.   

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled and beheaded   

1328  Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers   

1328  Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle.   

1441  Holland and Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty.   

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat   

1507  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.   

1519  Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot   

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

1540  Guillaume Budé, French scholar.   

1541  In this year, 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; inaugural French fort in Canada; inaugural French settlement in America   

1541  French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.   

1542  Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code.   

1553  Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor   

1555  Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.   

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam   

1577  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.   

1591  Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies.   

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia).   

1595  Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni   

1614  University of Groningen opens   

1617  inaugural one-way streets established (London).   

1617  1st one-way streets open (London)   

1618  Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33   

1628  George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36   

1668  Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies   

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