Historical Events In October - 23
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
0425 Valentinian III is elevated as Roman Emperor, at the age of 6 on October - 23.
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 this day in history.
0787 Byzantine empress Irene recovers Iconclastic cult at Nicaea on October - 23.
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 on October - 23.
1086 Battle of Zalaka: Alfonso VI vs Almoravids on October - 23.
1091 Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing 2 and demolishing the then wooden London Bridge on October - 23.
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 Otto II becomes earl of Gelre on this day in history.
1260 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered on October - 23.
1450 On October - 23 johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70
1520 On this day in history king Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V
1543 Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist on October - 23.
1588 On October - 23 medina Sidonia's Spanish Armada returns to Santander
1602 Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 on October - 23.
1641 On this day in history outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641
1642 Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament on this day in history.
1644 On October - 23 sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen
1654 On October - 23 johann Bernhard Staudt, composer
1668 On this day in history jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade
1679 Meal Tub Plot against James II of England on October - 23.
1681 On October - 23 french troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg
1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted on October - 23.
1690 Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking on October - 23.
1694 American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec on October - 23.
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 October - 23.
1713 On October - 23 peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist
1715 On October - 23 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 October - 23.
1752 Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet) on this day in history.
1753 Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1760 1st Jewish prayer books printed in US on October - 23.
1767 On October - 23 h Benjamin Constant, [de Rebeque], French politician/writer