Historical Events In October - 23
Friday, 11 July 2025
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 On October - 23 burgundy king Guntram opens synod of Mâcon (Mastico)
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 Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids on this day in history.
1091 On October - 23 tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge
1157 On October - 23 the Battle of Grathe Heath ends the civil war in Denmark. King Sweyn III is killed and Valdemar I restores the country.
1229 On this day in history otto II becomes earl of Gelre
1260 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.
1450 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 on October - 23.
1520 On October - 23 king Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V
1543 On October - 23 juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist
1588 Medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander on October - 23.
1602 Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.
1641 Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 on October - 23.
1642 Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament on October - 23.
1644 On this day in history sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen
1654 On October - 23 johann Bernhard Staudt, composer
1668 On October - 23 jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade
1679 On October - 23 meal Tub Plot against James II of England
1681 French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg on October - 23.
1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted on October - 23.
1690 On this day in history revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking
1694 On October - 23 american colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec.
1698 Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) on this day in history.
1702 -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet on October - 23.
1713 On this day in history peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist
1715 On this day in history peter II Aleksejevitsj, Emperor of Russia (1727-30)
1739 War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain on this day in history.
1752 Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on this day in history.
1753 Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on October - 23.
1760 On October - 23 1st Jewish prayer books printed in US
1767 On October - 23 h Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer