Historical Events In August - 23

0079  On this day in history 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 August - 23.  

0634  On August - 23 aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies  

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

1106  Magnus, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  

1305  On August - 23 william Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of England.  

1305  William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  

1328  On August - 23 battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers  

1328  On August - 23 nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle  

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1441  Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty on August - 23.  

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat on August - 23.  

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  Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot on August - 23.  

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

1540  On August - 23 guillaume Budé, French scholar  

1541  On August - 23 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.  

1541  French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada on August - 23.  

1542  On August - 23 rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code  

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

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

1566  Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam on August - 23.  

1577  Frobisher Bay NWT, Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 kidnaps three Inuit, then sets sail for England on this day in history.  

1582  French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders on August - 23.  

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

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

1595  Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Calugareni on this day in history.  

1614  On August - 23 university of Groningen opens  

1617  First one-way streets established (London) on this day in history.  

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

1618  On August - 23 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  Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on August - 23.  

1486  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.  

1524  On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)  

1593  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.  

1623  Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.  

1724  Abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) was born on August - 23.  

1727  On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer  

1740  Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 23.  

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

1305  Death of William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded on August - 23.  

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  On this day in history jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72