Historical Events In August - 23
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 On August - 23 battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers
1328 Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle on August - 23.
1441 On this day in history holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty
1486 On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat
1507 Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 on this day in history.
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 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) on August - 23.
1540 Guillaume Budé, French scholar on this day in history.
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 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 Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands on this day in history.
1566 On this day in history beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam
1577 On this day in history frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England.
1582 On this day in history french van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders
1591 On this day in history 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 On August - 23 university of Groningen opens
1617 First one-way streets established (London) on August - 23.
1617 On August - 23 1st one-way streets open (London)
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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