Historical Events In July - 23
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
0636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire 

0685 In this year, John V starts his reign as Catholic Pope 

0945 Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies. 

1148 Crusaders attack Damascus 

1215 Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king. 

1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III. 

1298 Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany 

1339 Louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers) 

1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies. 

1401 Francesco Sfoza, soldier 

1403 Battle of Shrewsbury fought by Percys against King Henry IV. 

1403 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39 

1431 Council of Basel opens. 

1453 Battle at Gavere: Philip the Good beats Gentse rebellion 

1531 Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers 

1532 Karel I and evangelical monarchy signs Peace of Neurenberg. 

1540 Turkey recognizes Janos Sigismund Zapolyai as vassal-king of Hungary 

1558 Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France 

1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 

1572 Willem van Oranges troops occupy Roermond on the Spanjaarden 

1581 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies 

1594 Groningen surrenders to earl Mauritius/Willem Louis. 

1599 Caravaggio's inaugural public commission for paintings 

1599 Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings 

1632 Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France 

1645 Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar. 

1645 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies. 

1659 Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer. 

1664 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston 

1685 Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 

1690 Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies. 

1726 Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia 

1727 Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. 

1734 Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730] 

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