Historical Events In October - 23

0425  On this day in history valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6.  

0502  On October - 23 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) on October - 23.  

0787  On this day in history byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea  

1086  On October - 23 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  On this day in history 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 on October - 23.  

1157  The Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country on October - 23.  

1229  On October - 23 otto II becomes earl of Gelre  

1260  On October - 23 koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered  

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.  

1520  King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V on October - 23.  

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist on this day in history.  

1588  On October - 23 medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander  

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

1641  On this day in history outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641  

1642  On October - 23 battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament  

1644  On October - 23 sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen  

1654  Johann Bernhard Staudt, composer on this day in history.  

1668  Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade on October - 23.  

1679  Meal Tub Plot against James II of England on October - 23.  

1681  French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg on October - 23.  

1684  On this day in history colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted  

1690  Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on this day in history.  

1694  On October - 23 american colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec.  

1698  On this day in history ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde)  

1702  -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet on this day in history.  

1713  On this day in history peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist  

1715  Peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30) on October - 23.  

1739  War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain on October - 23.  

1752  On October - 23 nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)  

1753  Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on October - 23.  

1760  1st Jewish prayer books printed in US on this day in history.  

1767  On this day in history h Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer  

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1503  Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539) was born on October - 23.  

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)  

1543  Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist was born on October - 23.  

1634  On October - 23 birth of hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715)  

1654  On this day in history birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer  

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  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on this day in history.  

0930  Death of Daigo, Emperor of Japan (b. 885) on October - 23.  

1260  Death of Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on this day in history.  

1450  Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.  

1456  On October - 23 death of giovanni da Capistrano, Italian saint (b. 1386)  

1550  On October - 23 death of tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (b. 1480)  

1581  On this day in history death of michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)  

1602  On October - 23 franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57  

1616  On this day in history death of leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)