Historical Events In October - 23

0425  Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6   

0502  The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic king Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius.   

0585  Burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico)   

0787  Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea   

1086  A Muslim army from Africa defeats Castile's Alfonso VI October 23 at Zallaka Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Berber leader of the Almoravids, sends cartloads of Christian heads to the chief cities of Spain and Africa's Magrib as evidence of his victory.   

1086  Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids   

1091  Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge.   

1157  The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.   

1229  Otto II is recorded as becoming earl of Gelre   

1260  Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered.   

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1520  King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V.   

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist.   

1588  Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander   

1602  Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1641  Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641   

1642  Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament   

1644  Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1668  Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade   

1679  Meal Tub Plot against James II of England   

1681  French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg.   

1684  Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted.   

1690  Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking   

1694  American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)   

1702  -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet   

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist.   

1715  Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30).   

1739  War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain   

1752  Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)   

1753  Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50   

1760  1st Jewish prayer books printed in US.   

1767  H Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer.   

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1503  On October - 23 birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

1516  Charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524) was born on October - 23.   

1543  On October - 23 birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer was born on October - 23.   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on this day in history.   

1705  Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757) was born on October - 23.   

1713  On October - 23 birth of peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist   

0930  On October - 23 death of daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885)   

1260  On this day in history death of koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered   

1450  On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70   

1456  Death of Giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386) on October - 23.   

1550  On this day in history death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)   

1581  On October - 23 death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)   

1602  On this day in history franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57   

1616  Death of Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563) on this day in history.